[mrtg] Re: Basic question

[Mike Koch]

A fast answer is : it depends.

A not as fast answer is :
it depends of what variable you are monitoring. If you are using MRTG to
monitor the network traffic, then, these counters are ever growing. So a
spike will be shown on the graph.
If you monitor a gauge that changes faster than 5 minutes, then you will
only have the value at the moment of your measure.

I hope I'm clear.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Waltman [mailto:AWaltman at docHarbor.net]
Sent: jeudi 2 août 2001 17:16
To: MRTG (E-mail)
Subject: [mrtg] Basic question



Does mrtg, when run every 5 minutes, go out and collect a snapshot of what
is happening at 5 minute intervals and then average it or does it find out
what has been going on for the entire 5 minutes?  The reason I ask is that
if something were to spike the bandwidth in between the polling interval,
would that show up on the graphs?

Thanks,
Adam Waltman
Senior Network Engineer
docHarbor, Inc.
awaltman at docharbor.net


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