[mrtg] Re: Set highest point on graph

[Brander, Eric]

Unreadable?  What are you trying to "read"??  You want to be able to see a
line move when you have a fluctuation of .01% of your bandwidth?  You want a
graph that is not an actual representation of your utilization?  What do you
use your graphs for?  I use mine to look at spikes and get a baseline for
daily utilization.  And if I see a large spike in the middle of the day, I
know something is wrong, at a mere glance.

I want factual graphs, not just something that looks pretty.  Seeing if a
user's port fluctuates a tenth of a percent does nothing for me.  Besides,
that information IS displayed in decimal format right below the graph.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Ray Dermody [mailto:DERMODYR at ITCARLOW.IE] 
Sent:	Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:34 AM
To:	mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject:	[mrtg] Re: Set highest point on graph


Because if your backups make your graphs unreadable from a daily 
perspective. E.g. during the day a high point on a server would be 
5MB. And at night the backups would 
reach 60MB thus making the daily usage unreadable.
Also it if our daily usage peak would be 5MB and we get a 6.5MB peak 
then its very 
difficult to see on this particular graph.
One thing I would agree with you on is that it does make a boring 
looking graph and it 
also makes an unreadable graph (from our point of view) which 
defeats the whole 
purpose. 

Ray Dermody
Computing Services Technician
I.T. Carlow
0503 76271

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