[collectd] snmp big values

[Mariusz Gronczewski]

Hi
2009/10/27 Янченко Игорь <igor at skif.net.ua>:
> Hello,
>
> I use collectd for monitoring swiches with big traffic around 800M-1G. I
> have next problem:
> when I set Interval 300, collectd write into rrd complete nonsense
> values. But when I set short interval (like 10) I get correct values.
>
> I also use mrtg for monitoring, for correct values in mrtg I write
> ":::::2" after ip in config, like this:
>
> Target[10.10.100.5_Vl111]: #Vl111:comunity at 10.10.100.5:::::2
>
> mrtg have interval 300 and write correct values with this string.
>
>
>
> Sorry for my bad english.
>
My first thougth is that counter gets full and wrapped around more
than one time between checks but then if mrtg gets it right... unless
mrtg have some way of detecting how much counter overflows was between
checks

Regards
Mariusz