[rrd-users] Re: how 'bout multiple DS updates with same time?!

[Tobias Oetiker]

Sep 10 you sent me mail regarding [rrd-users] how 'bout multiple DS updates...:

*> 
*> Hello all,
*> 
*> I'm working on migrating a large mrtg install to rrdtool so I'm
*> writing a generic data collection scripts for rrdtool.  It uses
*> "snmpget".  In the normal case, (traffic graphing via ifInOctets
*> and ifOutOctets), the script will do two snmpgets.
*> 
*> These two snmpgets may or may not happen at the same time.
*> For simplicity of coding, I'd like my script to be able to do
*> 
*>   rrdtool update SomeSuch.rrd -t input 936979364:2142776862
*>   rrdtool update SomeSuch.rrd -t output 936979364:2223791710
*> 
*> However, the later "rrdtool update" fails:
*> 
*>   ERROR: illegal attempt to update using time 936979364 when last \
*>   update time is 936979364 (minimum one second step)
*> 
*> So, IMHO, think it would be a Good Thing if rrdtool would keep
*> "last update times" for *each* DS and also would allow individual
*> DS updates with the same time.  What do y'all think?

*> 
*> (In other words, sometimes data collectors will want to update DS
*> values gotten separately but at the same timestamp.  I would be
*> very nice if data collectors could just blindly stuff DS values
*> into rrdtool without having to worry about the timestamps for
*> each DS.)
*> 
*> To me, this sounds like a good idea.  But I realize that, if
*> this involves significant changes to rrdtool and/or it'd db
*> format, then rrdtool should be left alone and this issue should
*> be handled by data collectors.
*> 

I will certainly look carefully at a patch which adds this feature ... but
there ar a number of fundamental roblems to solve in the process ... check
out the database format to see how it is setup ... just imagine how to cross
a primary time point when not all dses have been updated ...

but don't thret ... for your loosly opled data I would sugest to use a
separate rrd for each ds anyway ... this will prvide all the flexibility you
want ...


cheers
tobi
*> later
*> steve
*> - - -
*> systems guy
*> wiscnet.net
*> 
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