Writes            (Overview)

DESCRIPTION
The number of "Writes" displays the number of writes a transaction has issued 
since it was initiated.


VALUES
"Writes" is a numeric value that is initialized to zero at the start of each
invocation of a transaction. "Reads" will roll over after reaching 2**32 - 1.


INTERPRETATION
A write is always a write-through to disk to ensure that the transaction is
an atomic unit and the database integrity is maintained.


CONCLUSIONS
Sun MTP internal buffer pools and the operating systems buffer cache have no 
bearing on the number of "Writes" since Sun MTP always performs a write-through.

"Writes" indicates the total number of writes the current transaction has 
issued to the Sun MTP VSAM database. The number is cumulative only for a specific
transaction. Note that the rows in the Overview Screen's KxScrolledList are 
actually for Transaction Servers, not transactions. In other words, the value 
shown for "Writes" applies only to the transaction executed by a Transaction 
Server. The datapoint does not tally up "Writes" for all transactions executed 
by a given Transaction Server.
