[rrd-users] HELP I dont understand RRA's

[Wernher Eksteen]

> If I understand you correctly, you want to keep one minute samples
> for an hour, one hour periods for a day, and 31 periods for a month.
> If that is the case, then you've got one error there, your first RRA
> should have 1 PDP per CDP.
>
>
> rrdtool create network.rrd \
>     --start N \
>     --step 60 \
>     DS:bytesIn:DERIVE:120:U:U \
>     DS:bytesOut:DERIVE:120:U:U \
>     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:60 \
>     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:60:24 \
>     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:31
>
> --
> Simon Hobson

Isn't it better to give an answer and explain why and how you got to
it... Give a man a loaf of bread and he'll be back begging for more,
teach him how to make his own bread and he'll be self sustained.

Wernher