[rrd-users] Storing Static + Dynamic data in rrd

[Tobias Oetiker]

Shameem,

Today Shameem Ahamed wrote:

> Ok,
>
> In that case, how can i add a static data in rrd(Here username).
>
> As far as i know, rrdcreate is expecting data as given below
>
> DS:ds-name:DST:dst arguments
>
> How can i add a fixed data (user name) as a DS ?.

you could use the username as the ds-name ... there is no provision
for meta data in the rrd format.

cheers
tobi

>
>
> Regards,
> Shameem
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 25/2/10, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch> wrote:
>
> > From: Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch>
> > Subject: Re: [rrd-users] Storing Static + Dynamic data in rrd
> > To: "Shameem Ahamed" <shameem.ahamed at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > Date: Thursday, 25 February, 2010, 7:00 PM
> > Hi Shameem,
> >
> > Today Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> >
> > > Can we have rrd files per domain (rather than per
> > e-mail id) ?.
> > > As a total i may have 10K domains, and if each domain
> > has 5
> > > email, i will end up with 50K files. So instead of
> > that, can i
> > > have rrd files per domain (10K) and store the user
> > information
> > > and user data within it ?.
> > >
> > > Is this possible ?
> >
> > if you have a fixed number of emails per domain then this
> > is doable, the
> > problem is that all updates to a single rrd file must be
> > synchronous ... and  changeing an existing rrd to a
> > different
> > structure is not that easy
> >
> > cheers
> > tobi
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Shameem
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 25/2/10, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch>
> > > > Subject: Re: [rrd-users] Storing Static + Dynamic
> > data in rrd
> > > > To: "Shameem Ahamed" <shameem.ahamed at yahoo.com>
> > > > Cc: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > > > Date: Thursday, 25 February, 2010, 5:58 PM
> > > > Hi Shameen,
> > > >
> > > > Today Shameem Ahamed wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > Is there anyway , I can store both static
> > and dynamic
> > > > data in rrd.
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to store the spam count details for
> > all the
> > > > e-mail accounts.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The format, I am thinking is something like
> > > > >
> > > > >         
> > > >    -> user1 at domain1.com
> > > > ->[data]
> > > > > domain1.com -> user2 at domain1.com
> > > > ->[data]
> > > > >         
> > > >    -> user3 at domain1.com
> > > > ->[data]
> > > > >
> > > > >         
> > > >    -> user1 at domain2.com
> > > > ->[data]
> > > > > domain2.com -> user2 at domain2.com
> > > > ->[data]
> > > > >         
> > > >    -> user3 at domain2.com
> > > > ->[data]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it possible ?.  Is there any other rrd
> > tool to
> > > > achieve this kind of storage ?.
> > > >
> > > > since rrd tool is best at storing 'preiodic'
> > data, you
> > > > should make
> > > > sure that you set the 'step' at an interval such
> > that users
> > > > are
> > > > likely to get several mails withing that interval
> > ... else
> > > > you are
> > > > wasting storage space and would be better served
> > with some
> > > > sql data
> > > > base ...
> > > >
> > > > having a separate rrd file per email address and
> > storing in
> > > > there
> > > > some data about the users mail activity once per
> > day seems
> > > > like a
> > > > sensible thing todo ...
> > > >
> > > > maybe
> > > >
> > > >
> > mail-sent:mail-received:spam-received:virus-received:bounces-received
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > > tobi
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Shameem
> > > > >
> > > > >
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