[rrd-users] Re: 95th percentile reporting?

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 03:43:57PM -0400, Dan.Byers at magma.ca wrote:
> 
> 1) load an array that contains the set of data you want the 95th %'ile 
> from
> 2) sort the array (numerically) 
> 3) calculate the index of the array that is 95% of the size of the array 
> (increment if not whole number)
> 4) use the element at that new index for your 95%'ile
> 
> that should get you going...

Note that rrdtool 1.2 does contain a mechanism to do this.  95 is
a parameter; you can also get the 90th percentile if you like or
any other suitable number.

HTH
Alex

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