[rrd-users] Average problem

[Gwenael Lahay]

Thank you for your answer.
Indeed, i put a wrong command in my previous mail. The frequency is not
correct but the other parameters is good.
Concerning my problem, does it mean that i should use a very hight value for
xff (like 0.9 or 0.99) ?
Thanks

2007/11/19, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>:
>
> At 11:22 +0100 19/11/07, Gwenael Lahay wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I store network flows in various rrd file.
> >
> >I use this options to create rrd files :
> >rrdtool create test.rrd --step 60 DS:bytes:ABSOLUTE:400:0:U
> DS:packets:ABSOLUTE:400:0:U DS:flows:ABSOLUTE:400:0:U RRA:AVERAGE:1:0:4320
> RRA:AVERAGE:0:5:2016 RRA:AVERAGE:0:15:2976
>
> >From the help pages :
>
> >>RRA:AVERAGE | MIN | MAX | LAST:xff:steps:rows
> >>xff The xfiles factor defines what part of a consolidation interval may
> be made up from *UNKNOWN* data while the consolidated value is still
> regarded as known. It is given as the ratio of allowed *UNKNOWN* PDPs to the
> number of PDPs in the interval. Thus, it ranges from 0 to 1 (exclusive).
> >>steps defines how many of these primary data points are used to build a
> consolidated data point which then goes into the archive.
> >>rows defines how many generations of data values are kept in an RRA.
>
> In your RRA definitions, you have one with ZERO steps, the others have
> ZERO for xff - which means they cannot have any unknown data at all.
>
> >I create a rrd when i found a flow.
> >
> >I have a problem on average calculation.
> >
> >For example, i detect a flow at 2007-11-14 10:30:00. Then i create a file
> with the first value at this timestamp.
> >Then, i have only zero value.
> >
> >...
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 10:28:00 CET / 1195032480 --> <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN
> </v><v> NaN </v></row>
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 10:29:00 CET / 1195032540 --> <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN
> </v><v> NaN </v></row>
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 10:30:00 CET / 1195032600 --> <row><v> 1.5000000000e+00</v><v>
> 1.6666666667e-02 </v><v> 1.6666666667e-02 </v></row>
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 10:31:00 CET / 1195032660 --> <row><v> 0.0000000000e+00</v><v>
> 0.0000000000e+00 </v><v> 0.0000000000e+00 </v></row>
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 10:32:00 CET / 1195032720 --> <row><v> 0.0000000000e+00</v><v>
> 0.0000000000e+00 </v><v> 0.0000000000e+00 </v></row>
> >...
> >
> >The problem is that the average which is calculated every half an hour
> indicates NaN at 10:30:00 while i am waiting from a value greater than zero.
> >
> > <!-- 2007-11-14 09:00:00 CET / 1195027200 --> <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN
> </v><v> NaN </v></row>
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 09:30:00 CET / 1195029000 --> <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN
> </v><v> NaN </v></row>
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 10:00:00 CET / 1195030800 --> <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN
> </v><v> NaN </v></row>
> > <!-- 2007-11-14 10:30:00 CET / 1195032600 --> <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN
> </v><v> NaN </v></row>
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 11:00:00 CET / 1195034400 --> <row><v> 0.0000000000e+00</v><v>
> 0.0000000000e+00 </v><v> 0.0000000000e+00 </v></row>
> ><!-- 2007-11-14 11:30:00 CET / 1195036200 --> <row><v> 0.0000000000e+00</v><v>
> 0.0000000000e+00 </v><v> 0.0000000000e+00 </v></row>
> >
> >Could you help me ? Is there a solution to initialize the rdd with zero
> values ?
>
>
> At 10:30, for the period 10:00 to 10:30 you have 29 unknown values and 1
> known values - since 29/30 is greater than zero (the xff value for the RRA)
> then the result is unknown.
>
> However, I cannot see this RRA in the definition given above. I can only
> see RRAs for 0, 5, and 15 steps/cdp.
>
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