[rrd-users] A plague of NaNs

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Jeff,

Today Jeff Gilmore wrote:

> Thanks Alex.
>
> If I understand you correctly, it sounds like my RRDs need a
> heartbeat value as long or longer than the longest expected gap
> between updates.  So if I can't guarantee 60 second data updates,
> I should set a heartbeat like 90 or 120 seconds.  Correct?

exactly ...

you can use rrdtool tune to modify this in existing rrd files.

cheers
tobi


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