[rrd-users] Re: multiple hosts, one RRD?

[Matthew Boeckman]

Jeff Rodriguez wrote:
> Matthew Boeckman wrote:
> 
> 
>>Question for the group that I haven't found an answer to in the 
>>archives/manual.
>>
>>I've got a handful of servers all sharing a common NFS mount, and want 
>>to setup some RRD info coming from each server to go into a single 
>>database. Each host will be sending it's info every 6 hours, and I guess 
>>the main question is, can/does RRD have something that let's me queue 
>>this stuff? Basically my concern is 4 hosts writing to the same file on 
>>this NFS server. I can just use 4 seperate RRD files, but wanted to keep 
>>it simpler and just have 4 different DS's.
>>
>>Sadly, NFS file locking is not an option in my environment.
>>
>> 
>>
> 
> You might end up with problems with "could not lock RRD" since only one 
> rrdtool instance can write to the file at once. What if you add a 
> server? Frankly it's a pain in the ass to add DS's to an RRD. IMHO 
> You're much better off using multiple RRDs.
> 
> Jeff

done and done. Thanks for the reply. It's not that big a deal for me to 
use multiple RRD's, just wanted to know if the other was an option.

thanks again

matthew



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