[mrtg] With "options[target]: gauge" MRTG updates the RRD file with one value, but fetch returns a different (averaged) value

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Greg,

the reason for this is, that you are measuring the number of users
at specific points in time, while rrdtool stores the average number
of users for a certain periode.

If you see 1 user connected at 9:56am, 5 users connected at 10:01am and 7 users connected at
10:06am, what would you rrdtool want to store for the periode

10:00am to 10:05am

cheers
tobi


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