[mrtg] One Master Config versus Several

[Chuck.Coker at rcc.edu]

Hi Folks,

My MRTG box is underpowered and this causes a lot of problems.
Unfortunately, I don't have many options.

Currently, I have one master config file that is arranged like this:

mrtg.cfg

    Include: router-1.cfg
    Include: router-2.cfg
    Include: router-3.cfg
    Include: switch-1.cfg
    Include: switch-2.cfg
    Include: switch-3.cfg

and so on.

After I include x number of devices, the MRTG script can't complete its
polling cycle in five minutes or less and I have a new instance of MRTG
starting before the last one has finished. Eventually this leads to an
"out of swap space" condition which locks up the box.

I was wondering if it would help to arrange files like this:

mrtg-1.cfg

    Include: router-1.cfg
    Include: switch-1.cfg

mrtg-2.cfg

    Include: router-2.cfg
    Include: switch-2.cfg

mrtg-3.cfg

    Include: router-3.cfg
    Include: switch-3.cfg

and have cron start them one minute apart.

My thoughts are that doing all that including in a single mrtg.cfg file
eats up a lot of resources and I could make better use of what I have by
spreading things around a little bit.

Has anyone tried this? If so, what happened? Would this help stop
overlapping processes? Or would it still have the same problem just with
more files to maintain and worry about?

Thanks,
Chuck

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