[collectd] Patch for collecting global average CPU on linux boxes.

[Otis Gospodnetic]

Sounds good to me.  Thanks for sharing!

Otis
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On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Toni Moreno <toni.moreno at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Otis.
>
> I think this approach is much better in very big servers ( I usually work
> in servers with up to 40 cores ) and is easier to parse a single line on
> /proc/stats than calculate 40* 8 ( metrics/core) averages values.
>
> It also makes to have simpler config files ( avoiding average plugin).
>
> I will do a pull request in next days on this week.
>
> Thanks a lot !!
>
>
> 2013/11/16 Otis Gospodnetic <otis.gospodnetic at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi Toni,
>>
>> Would it be better to issue a PR at https://github.com/collectd/collectdinstead?
>>
>> Q: why is this approach better than using the aggregate functionality?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Otis
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>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Toni Moreno <toni.moreno at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I've been working on get global average CPU , from the cpu plugin better
>>> than use the "aggregate" to get the same values.
>>>
>>> I've attached a patch for the cpu plugin.
>>>
>>> with this patch you will get a new  "plugin-instance" named  "global" ,
>>> with  % average of all cpu cores .
>>>
>>> I've obtained these values from the same proc file that cpu plugin uses
>>> for  the other cores.
>>>
>>> NOTE: This patch is only for linux.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope you can enjoy it
>>>
>>>
>>>
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