'Initialize the object'

def __init__(self, hostKey, mmsAgent):

    self.hostKey = hostKey
    self.mmsAgent = mmsAgent
    self.logger = mmsAgent.logger
    self.slowDbStats = False
    self.lastDbStatsCheck = time.time()
    self.running = True
    self.host = mmsAgent.extractHostname(hostKey)
    self.port = mmsAgent.extractPort(hostKey)
    threading.Thread.__init__(self)
