[mrtg] Re: Mrtg and machine performace...

[Leonardo Pimenta Gonzalez]

Well, I make an Simple script that stop and start the mrtg when he run as
daemon.
This script stop all, start all, and stop only one conf file and start only
one conf file.
With this my job modifying the conf files are more easy.


Leonardo Pimenta Gonzalez
Operacional
Avati Segurança Digital Avançada
Fone: 55 31 3298-2601
http://www.avati.com.br
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Got an Access Denied? Good, my job is done!
--------------------------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac Grover" <isaac at coe.engr.sjsu.edu>
To: "Perry, Duane" <PerryD at missouri.edu>
Cc: <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:33 PM
Subject: [mrtg] Re: Mrtg and machine performace...


>
> "Perry, Duane" wrote:
> > I have a Dell server class machine with dual processors.  I was polling
> > about 1700 targets (interfaces) using rateup and it was working hard to
keep
> > up.  I was afraid to add anything to it.  I finally tried the Forks: 4
> > option and I think it has made a dramatic difference.  If you are
running
> > linux I would recommend you try this.  I have been working on converting
to
> > rrd to ease the processor crunch because we want to extend MRTG
monitoring
> > to the desktop on our whole campus (possibly 10,000 interfaces) and I
knew
> > our current machine could not handle that.  I may try adding more to the
> > current machine to see what it can do now that I am using Forks.  I
don't
> > know about the Daemon option but it sounds like more memory would help.
>
> Duane,
>
> My situation was similar to yours in that my monitor box was
> watching thousands of interfaces and it was always overworked,
> even using RRDTool.  So I wrote a stupid perl script that
> inserted "RunAsDaemon: yes" into all the configs, and as the .pid
> files showed up it removed the corresponding entry from the
> crontab.  It was a quick hack, and I watched my load avg go from
> roughly 0.96 to 0.03 over the next several hours.
>
> Keep in mind that RunAsDaemon works best if the
> configs/interfaces don't change on a regular basis.  Otherwise
> there may be more tedious work in it for you than the change
> would be worth.
>
> --
> Isaac Grover - isaac at coe.engr.sjsu.edu
> SJSU College of Engineering, ECS / Networking
> ENG 237, (408) 924-3893
>
> --
> Unsubscribe mailto:mrtg-request at list.ee.ethz.ch?subject=unsubscribe
> Archive     http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg
> FAQ         http://faq.mrtg.org    Homepage     http://www.mrtg.org
> WebAdmin    http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
>
>


--
Unsubscribe mailto:mrtg-request at list.ee.ethz.ch?subject=unsubscribe
Archive     http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg
FAQ         http://faq.mrtg.org    Homepage     http://www.mrtg.org
WebAdmin    http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi