[rrd-users] brief question on DS update frequency

[Simon Hobson]

Dave Whitehead wrote:

>I have a RRD (step 300 secs) - and one RRA (12 PDP per row). It's a 
>GAUGE (min 0, max 60000).
>
>If I update this DS *much* more often than 300 secs what effect will 
>that have - eg maybe every 20-30 secs. Will RRD "sort it out"?

Yes, it's part of the normalisation process. Alex has a good tutorial 
on normalisation at http://www.vandenbogaerdt.nl/rrdtool/

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