[mrtg] Long Polling Times?

[Chastain, Brian (I.T. Dept)]

Gentlemen/Ladies,
     I'm currently monitoring 37 ports with my mrtg.cfg file, and am
planning to add about another 20.  
     I'm using MRTG 2.8.12 on an NT PC with 128MB of RAM and a PIII-500
processor.
     It seems to take 6 to 7 minutes for the mrtg.cfg file to process.  Or,
rather, a gif file will say "last updated at 10:30" one time, then "last
updated at 10:37" the next time.
     Should this be a concern?  Is this normal?  
     Does the difference in display time correspond to the amount of time it
takes the mrtg.cfg file to process?
     I've saw the email thread a week or two ago discussing "How much is too
much?" when it comes to monitoring.
     I don't think there was really any consensus.
     I guess my main question would be, can MRTG keep viable statistics as
the processing time increases; or does the process time relate at all to the
"last updated..." display?
Thanks for your help,
Brian

Brian K. Chastain

Assistant Director, I.T.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
P: 314-342-2211
F: 314-342-2075
chastaib at stifel.com


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