[rrd-users] Graphing COUNTER values absolutely

[Felix Castillo Sanchez]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: rrd-users-bounces at lists.oetiker.ch [mailto:rrd-users-
> bounces at lists.oetiker.ch] Im Auftrag von Alex van den Bogaerdt
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. März 2008 22:12
> An: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> Betreff: Re: [rrd-users] Graphing COUNTER values absolutely
> 
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 08:26:29PM +0100, Felix Castillo Sanchez wrote:
> 
> > I'm storing Oracle performance values that are continuously increasing.
> The
> > problem is that a user cannot handle a per second rate because we're
> talking
> > about centiseconds within 5 minutes. So how do I explain an end user
> that
> > sub-microseconds of wait time can be a performance bottleneck?!
> 
> Why do you think that it is easier to explain when you multiply
> the number by some arbitrary value?

I don't want an arbitrary value - I want to have the rate per second
multiplied by the seconds that lie between the data points. 

> 
> Or what else are you trying to achieve?

I'm trying to have some sort of TOTAL for CDEF instead of VDEF
 
> 
> > So if I get aggregated values I cannot multiply by the default step -
> I've
> > to take whatever the RRAs interval is - right?
> 
> Even in the 86400 seconds per interval RRA, data is still a rate,
> still <something> per second.
> 
> When multiplied by (e.g.) 3600, you still get <something> per hour.
> 
> Perhaps you should provide a numerical example of what you would
> like to see happening.
> 
> --
> Alex van den Bogaerdt
> http://www.vandenbogaerdt.nl/rrdtool/
> 
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