[mrtg] Re: Need accurate cpu % info using net-snmp and mrtg

[Matt Mozur]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Michael Cunningham wrote:
>
> Thankyou for the script Matt. Unfortunatly it appears you are
> also being affected by the same accuracy problem I am? As I understand
> it, the
> raw values you are gathering in your script via snmp are not real uasge
> information, its kernal ticks.. In order to get accurate info
> we need the total number of ticks or what factor to divide by based on
> the
> platform.
>
> Mike
>
I think that I am not quite understanding the issue...  the output from
the script is relative, so the period of a kernel tick not really
relevant.  Essentially, the result is a dimensionless number.

Have I missed your point about accuracy?

mm

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