[collectd] Configure reporting interval on network plugin

[Joel Serrano]

Done:

https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/1551

Thanks!
Joel.

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Giovanni Torres <giovanni.torres at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You could raise an issue on Github for this. I started graphing internal
> metrics, such as the size of the global cache after I switched from 5.4 to
> 5.5, so I can't offer a comparison.  Perhaps one of the core developers
> could explain what you are seeing.
>
> Giovanni
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016, 11:47 PM Joel Serrano <joel at gogii.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> Going back to this, I have tried more combinations with no luck.
>>
>> Has anyone successfully configured the network plugin in collectd to send
>> metrics every X seconds? (like 10 seconds).
>>
>> I can't manage to figure out how to do it.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Joel.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Joel Serrano <joel at gogii.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> We are using collectd to monitor servers and send the metrics via
>>> network protocol to a remote InfluxDB database.
>>>
>>> In version 5.4, it would report the metrics right away, in version 5.5,
>>> apparently collectd gathers the metrics and sends them all together after X
>>> interval (2-3 minutes).
>>>
>>> Is there a setting so that metrics are reported for example every 10
>>> seconds? (we need real-time statistics)
>>>
>>> I have been trying several ways with the Interval setting as follows:
>>>
>>> Try 1:
>>>
>>> Interval 10
>>> LoadPlugin network
>>> <Plugin network>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Try 2:
>>>
>>> <LoadPlugin network>
>>>      Interval 10
>>> </LoadPlugin>
>>> <Plugin network>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Try 3:
>>>
>>> LoadPlugin network
>>> <Plugin network>
>>>     <Server "XXX">
>>>         Interval 10
>>>     </Server>
>>> </Plugin>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> But non of them make any change. The metrics are being gathered every 10
>>> seconds, so we don't lose data, the problem is it is reported every 2-4
>>> minutes...
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, I found this post from 2014 with no answer:
>>> http://mailman.verplant.org/pipermail/collectd/2014-June/006202.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Joel.
>>>
>>
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