[rrd-developers] DS idea

[Steve Shipway]

> > I have an existing framework which samples data from a system
> > every minute. To avoid load peaks, the sampling of the different
> > parts is spread around the seconds of a minute. For most measured
> > variables RRD does just the right thing by interpolating to the
> > step grid.
...
> sounds like a sensible analysis to me :-) except that I would call
> the datasource type
> 
>   GAUGELATEST

Whatever it's called, I'd certainly like to see a DS type which is like GAUGE but without the normalisation to the interval.  There are many applications for which this would be useful.

Steve


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