- implementation updates these counters periodically. Future
- implementations may update them when an interface is created, when they
- are queried (e.g. using an OVSDB <code>select</code> operation), and
- just before an interface is deleted due to virtual interface hot-unplug
- or VM shutdown, and perhaps at other times, but not on any regular
- periodic basis.
+ implementation updates these counters periodically. The update period
+ is controlled by <ref column="other_config"
+ key="stats-update-interval"/> in the <code>Open_vSwitch</code> table.
+ Future implementations may update them when an interface is created,
+ when they are queried (e.g. using an OVSDB <code>select</code>
+ operation), and just before an interface is deleted due to virtual
+ interface hot-unplug or VM shutdown, and perhaps at other times, but
+ not on any regular periodic basis.