[mrtg] MRTG and RRD tool - matching the look and feel.

[Stian Øvrevåge]

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Alex van den Bogaerdt
<alex at vandenbogaerdt.nl> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Cushnie" <john at dallambarn.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 3:15 PM
> Subject: [mrtg] MRTG and RRD tool - matching the look and feel.
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am using MRTG to monitor some network adapters as follows:
>><snip>
>>I am also using RRDTool to monitor the performance of a storage disk array:
>><snip>
>>The stats come in a csv file which is then translated and loaded in to an
>>rrd database and then graphed, all using Perl.
>>
>>I would really like to get the rrdtool graphs looking like the MRTG
>>graphs..
>>
>>The Perl I am using to create the rrdtool graphs is as follows:
>>   $sys_command = "rrdtool.exe graph " . "../wwwroot/" . $stats_type .
>>"_fms2_day.png " .
>>               "--start -1d " .
>>               "--end n " .
>>               "--vertical-label $y_legend " .
>>               "DEF:r_buf=eva_as_fms2.rrd:eva_as_fms2_req:AVERAGE " .
>>               "DEF:m_buf=eva_as_fms2.rrd:eva_as_fms2_mbs:AVERAGE " .
>>               ##"COMMENT:\"\t\t\t\t\tTime of day\" " .
>>               "LINE1:r_buf#FF0000:\"Req\""  . " " .
>>               "LINE1:m_buf#FF00FF:\"MBs\"";
>>   printf("$sys_command\n");
>>
>>Any pointer/suggestions on how I get the look and feel of the MRTG graphs
>>please?
>
> MRTG uses an AREA and a LINE. It should already be a big improvement if you
> do that as well in your RRDtool script.  And MRTG uses green and blue, you
> don't.
>
>> Also can I get the Max:  Average:  Current: values out of rrdtool?
>
> Sure. PRINT them. See the tutorial. Do this as well for GPRINTing them in
> the graph.
>
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Also have a look here: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool-trac/wiki/OutlinedAreaGraph

As well as the general gallery:
http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/gallery/index.en.html .

Here are a couple of graphs I've made using the above tips and
inspiration: http://bildr.no/image/601821.jpeg .

Cheers, Stian