[collectd] Collectd timeinterval datarecording in RRDTool

Lindsay Holmwood lindsay at holmwood.id.au
Sat Feb 9 04:19:45 CET 2013


Hi Frederic,
I believe Fabien Wernli's answer on the list should have everything
you need. :-)

Cheers,
Lindsay

On 8 February 2013 00:58, Frederic Daguenet <daguenet at skygate.de> wrote:
> He Lindsay!
>
> Two days i try to calculate your values for RRARows and RRATimespan,
> but i found not you way of calculation.
>
> Can you show the calculation in simple steps?
>
> Greetings...
> Frederic
>
>> Hi Frederic!
>
>> On 6 February 2013 19:39, Frederic Daguenet <daguenet at skygate.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> But i wish a datarecord with this format:
>>>
>>> - first 3 days with a resolution of 1 minute
>>> - the next 7 days with a resolution of 5 minutes
>>> - 1 hour for the following 30 days
>>> - the rest with a resolution of 1 day
>>>
>>> With this values i can zoom an graph in cacti after two days and saw
>>> ist with 1 minute resolution.
>>>
>>> How can i change this? Can someone help me?
>
>> You're looking for the RRARows + RRATimespan options in collectd's
>> rrdtool plugin:
>
>>
>> http://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#plugin_rrdtool
>
>> To better understand the terminology, have a look at the RRD beginners guide:
>
>>   http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/tut/rrd-beginners.en.html
>
>> Once you grok that, you can adapt this example config:
>
>> <Plugin rrdtool>
>>   DataDir "/var/lib/collectd"
>>   CacheTimeout 120
>>   CacheFlush 900
>>   RRARows 210240
>>   RRATimespan 2102400, 12614400, 63072000
>> </Plugin>
>
>> Cheers,
>> Lindsay
>
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