[rrd-users] Re: RRD DS;heartbeat and MRTG

[Tobias Oetiker]

Today you sent me mail regarding [rrd-users] Re: RRD DS;heartbeat and MRTG:

*> On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:
*> 
*> > This makes a total of approximately 797 days.
*> > 
*> > To really log what MRTG logs, you should be doing:
*> > 
*> > d)  600 samples
*> > w)  700 samples (600 * 30 minutes  +  600 * 5 minutes)
*> > m)  775 samples (600 *  2 hours  + above)
*> > y)  797 samples (732 *  1 day + above,  rounded up)
*> > 
*> > This is because RRDtool starts all RRAs at "now" and MRTG does not.
*> 
*> Okay, I think I got it.
*> 
*> But if I decided on a 10 minute or 15 minute interval, would it improve
*> performance to reduce the number of samples accordingly?

performance is manly defined by data aquisition and not by the logging ... 

cheers
tobi
*> 
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