[mrtg] Re: Antwort: Re: Differences between mrtg.log and html view

[vk2ydh]

I know what  Daniel means. I collect the number of channels in use on an
ISDN link. As such it can only be a whole number. If the collection interval
varies, as it will, MRTG interpolates and sometimes gives me 4.8 instead of
5. It would be great to optionally overide this behaviour.

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel J McDonald" <dan.mcdonald at austinenergy.com>
To: <Bernd.Stroessenreuther at spb.de>
Cc: "mrtg" <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 2:01 AM
Subject: [mrtg] Re: Antwort: Re: Differences between mrtg.log and html view


> On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 09:58, Bernd.Stroessenreuther at spb.de wrote:
>
> > > The values are being interpolated so that they line up on 5-minute
> > > boundaries.  This is because you can't poll exactly in 5 minute
> > > intervals, so it fiddles with the delta and guesses where you would
have
> > > been at the precise 5 minute boundaryy.
> >
> > This is ok, if you have a always increasing value like an interface
couter,
> > but it's IMO not ok, if I have a per-calutlated value, that I give to
mrtg.
> > I tell just this to mrtg by setting the option gauge.
>

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