[collectd] traffic plugin..

[Muralito]

Christophe Kalt escribió:
> The traffic plugin captures very little data, i don't know
> whether this is intended or not.
> 
> Looking at Solaris data available, the following are often used:
> 
> bge:0:statistics:ifHCInBroadcastPkts    307798
> bge:0:statistics:ifHCInMulticastPkts    25713
> bge:0:statistics:ifHCInOctets   220992515673
> bge:0:statistics:ifHCInUcastPkts        306540776
> bge:0:statistics:ifHCOutBroadcastPkts   21501
> bge:0:statistics:ifHCOutMulticastPkts   0
> bge:0:statistics:ifHCOutOctets  231103378495
> bge:0:statistics:ifHCOutUcastPkts       332141639
> bge:0:statistics:ifInDiscards   0
> bge:0:statistics:ifInErrors     0
> bge:0:statistics:ifOutDiscards  0
> bge:0:statistics:ifOutErrors    0
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
You're absolutely right. I haven't noticed it because i didn't use 
collectd for trafic monitoring.

At least in/out packet counters are very important, and also the errors 
counter to detect a failing nic/patchcord/switch.

Regards,
Muralito.