[rrd-users] Re: newbie questions

[Tobias Oetiker]

Yesterday Curby wrote:


> > 2.      Do I need RRAs for each period (daily, weekly, Etc).
>
> That's how I do it, but you could use a single full-resolution RRA,
> and rrdtool will consolidate as directed when you graph low-resolution
> (weekly or monthly) views.
>
> > 3.      I don't wont to "loose" my 15-minute data; so do I create an RRA that can hold X time of 15 minute data as well?
>
> Yes you can keep 15-minute data for an entire month.  Then you
> wouldn't even need weekly or monthly RRAs.

note that keeping RRAs at the resolution you want to draw your
graphs at has performance advantages ...

cheers
tobi

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