[rrd-users] Re: incomprehensible error msg!!

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

Carlos Carvalho wrote:

> First, I don't see the need to force users to define RRAs. Why the
> hell can't we simple stash the data in there????

???  an RRA *is* where the data is stored.

> Second, why is it mandatory to use a consolidation function in
> rrdfetch? Why can't we just get back the raw data?

Because there is no raw data to begin with.  This is by design.
You are not storing raw data, you are storing rates.  You need
to understand what is happening when consolidation occurs to
appreciate the difference between AVERAGE and MAX for instance.

> Third, I don't like the idea of alignment of the data to the
> predefined time steps. This should be optional.

You have the option of using mySql or something similar.  This
is the type of database you should use if you want to get out
what you put in.  You also need to do maintenance on such a
database and you need to calculate each rate at graphing time.


> In summary, I find the idea of rrdtool very good, [...]

I'm sorry but you missed the whole idea behind RRDtool.

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