[rrd-users] RRDTool not accepting any updates (NaN instead)

Wouter van Eekelen wouter.van.eekelen at serverffs.com
Sun Dec 5 09:39:34 CET 2010


Okay, I have changed it to 1073741824 (1 gbit * 1024 = 1024 mbit * 1024 =
1048676 kbit * 1024 = 1073741824 bits per second). Thanks!
How long will the data be stored for with my arguments? And how would I
increase that?

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch> wrote:

> Today Wouter van Eekelen wrote:
>
> > I'm storing the amount of bits that the interface is counting, this
> > increases until the integer wrap (hence the high upper limit).
> > What would you suggest to store instead? The amount of bits per second at
> > that time?
>
> the counter data is fine ... BUT the upper limit in the DS argument is
> about the rate not about the counter ...
>
> internally rrdtool calculates the rate and then it applies the
> check for upper and lower limit ... 0 is the smallest rate to be
> expected and 100MBit/s or 1GBit/s is the highest rate to be
> expected ...
>
> cheers
> tobi
>
>
>
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch> wrote:
> >
> > > Hoi Wouter,
> > >
> > > Yesterday Wouter van Eekelen wrote:
> > >
> > > > And just to confirm, these arguments:
> > > > --
> > > >                 $command = "/usr/bin/rrdtool create ".$rrd_file." -s
> 60 \
> > > >                                 DS:ds0:DERIVE:90:0:4294967295 \
> > > >                                 DS:ds1:DERIVE:90:0:4294967295 \
> > > >                                 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 \
> > > >                                 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:700 \
> > > >                                 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:775 \
> > > >                                 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:797 \
> > > >                                 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 \
> > > >                                 RRA:MAX:0.5:6:700 \
> > > >                                 RRA:MAX:0.5:24:775 \
> > > >                                 RRA:MAX:0.5:288:797 \
> > > >                                 RRA:MIN:0.5:1:600 \
> > > >                                 RRA:MIN:0.5:6:700 \
> > > >                                 RRA:MIN:0.5:24:775 \
> > > >                                 RRA:MIN:0.5:288:797";
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Will be fine for graphing bandwidth (on HP procurve switchports)?
> > > > Any int wraps (the HP resets to 0 when it passes the unsigned integer
> > > limit
> > > > of 4,294,967,295) will be recognized and not cause any problems?
> > > > How long will the data be stored for?
> > >
> > > note that the upper limit is the rate and not the actual value you
> > > are putting in ... so the 4 trillions are a bit much ... I would
> > > rather suggest to use the actual bandwidth of the switch port
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > tobi
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Wouter van Eekelen <
> > > > wouter.van.eekelen at serverffs.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > That works a lot better indeed. Is there a reason updatev can't
> output
> > > such
> > > > > information?
> > > > > If it would just tell me 'mrhb expired, assuming nan' I would have
> > > solved
> > > > > this way faster.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Wouter,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Today Wouter van Eekelen wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> > Aren't my updates incremental? The second update has quite a
> higher
> > > > >> value
> > > > >> > than the first one, yet it's still NaN.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> it seems to me that you have set the mrhb to 5 seconds ... while
> > > > >> the step size is 60 seconds ... this is possible but it requires
> > > > >> you to update the rrd at least every 5 seconds ...
> > > > >>
> > > > >> cheers
> > > > >> tobi
> > > > >>
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Steve Shipway <
> > > s.shipway at auckland.ac.nz
> > > > >> >wrote:
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > >   Your DS are of type 'derive', with a minimum value of 0.
> > >  'Derive'
> > > > >> > > stores the rate of change of the variable, IE (( x -
> > > > >> x(prev))/(t-t(prev)))
> > > > >> > > This means you'll need at least two sequential updates, which
> must
> > > be
> > > > >> > > increasing (in order to get a valid positive derivitive)
> before
> > > you'll
> > > > >> see
> > > > >> > > anything stored in the RRAs.  Since your step is 60s, this
> means
> > > two
> > > > >> > > increasing updates about 1min apart, and more than 2 (4, 13,
> 145)
> > > if
> > > > >> you
> > > > >> > > want any of the RRAs with a cdp of more than 1 to show a value
> > > (since
> > > > >> your
> > > > >> > > XFF is 0.5).
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > > Steve
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > >  *Steve Shipway*
> > > > >> > > University of Auckland ITS
> > > > >> > > *UNIX Systems Design Lead*
> > > > >> > > s.shipway at auckland.ac.nz
> > > > >> > > Ph: +64 9 373 7599 ext 86487
> > > > >> > > **
> > > > >> > >   ------------------------------
> > > > >> > > *From:* rrd-users-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz@
> > > lists.oetiker.ch
> > > > >> [rrd-users-bounces+s.shipway=
> > > > >> > > auckland.ac.nz at lists.oetiker.ch] on behalf of Wouter van
> Eekelen
> > > [
> > > > >> > > wouter.van.eekelen at serverffs.com]
> > > > >> > > *Sent:* Sunday, 5 December 2010 8:09 a.m.
> > > > >> > > *To:* rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > > > >> > > *Subject:* [rrd-users] RRDTool not accepting any updates (NaN
> > > instead)
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > >  I'm having a huge trouble with RRDtool, all updates I'm doing
> are
> > > > >> > > accepted as 'NaN'
> > > > >> > > Here is are all commands with output:
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> > >
> > > > >> >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten,
> Switzerland
> > > > >> http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
> > > http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900
> > >
> >
>
> --
> Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
> http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900
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