[rrd-users] Re: Step vs. Heartbeat

[Jeff Rodriguez]

So would it be correct to say that Step is only used as a multiplier for
RRAs?

Jeff
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From: "Thomas Erskine" <thomas.erskine at sympatico.ca>
To: <jeff at unixisgod.com>; <rrd-users at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 04:01
Subject: [rrd-users] Re: Step vs. Heartbeat


> At 04:34 2003-05-08, jeff at unixisgod.com wrote:
>  >Can someone explain to me what the difference between step and heartbeat
is?
>
> Step specifies the resolution of the data (e.g. one point every 5
> minutes).  Heartbeat specifies how often the rrd must be updated to avoid
> rrdtool deciding to insert unknown values.  (And for completeness,) xff
> specifies what proportion of primary data points must be present in a
> consolidation interval for the resulting consolidated data point to be
> considered valid (i.e. not unknown).
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