Vstats.CounterMetadata.SampleType

Type of the sampled data.

Possible values:

• RAW: Raw samples. The value unprocessed as-is sampled.
• ABSOLUTE: Absolute value samples. Represents an actual value of the counter.
• FRACTION: Fraction samples. Implies range from 0.00 to 1.00.
• RATE: Rate samples. Represents a value that has been normalized over the time period.
• DELTA: Delta samples. Represents an amount of change for the counter between the current time-stamp and the last time-stamp when the counter was sampled.
• LOGN: Log(n) samples. A natural logarithm of the value.

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