[collectd] [PATCH] Random write timeout for rrdtool plugin

[Mariusz Gronczewski]

> Hrm … I'm not sure about the benefits from that. By using 'WritesPer-
> Second' you should be able to limit I/O to some amount that's feasibly
> for you hard-drive and thus you should be able to limit the impact on
> your system to a reasonable value. I don't see any disadvantages from
> those "square spikes" as long as the hight of those spikes is within
> reasonable limits.
>
> Anyway, OTOH, I think think it hurts to introduce some option like that.
> However, I think we can get rid of that randomness. What you're basical-
> ly trying to do is to adapt 'WritesPerSecond' to the number of files to
> be updated and the value of 'CacheTimeout'. We don't need to approximate
> that but we can even calculate exact numbers.
>
> So, I'd suggest to do something along the following lines:
>
>  * Introduce a boolean config option called, e.g. 'SpreadWritesPer-
>   Second' (maybe someone can come up with a better name).
>  * If that option is set, the current number of writes per second is
>   determined from the cache size divided by the cache timeout but
>   limited to 'WritesPerSecond'.
>
> What do you think? Any comments?
>

Basically i was trying to find some easy way to get uniform
distribution of writes to disk and both mine and yours idea would
work, thougth there is one "problem" if u use "autospread" mechanism,
because if u for example set CacheTimeout to 1800 then first write
will be after 30 min but last will be close to 60 min, which in my
case when u add +- 5min of "random" in "worst case" it will be saved
after 35 min and after few "cycles" distribution of writes will be
pretty much uniform.

Regards
Mariusz