[rrd-users] value and name both

[David Thornton]

Hey Shabnam, David here :)

Shabnam is using a shell script to construct rrdgraph statements.

My suggestion to Shabnam originally ( off list ) was to do some rrd
fetch commands before the main rrdgraph construction.

Var1=`rrdfetch ds1 maximum blah`
Var2=`rrdfetch ds2 maximum blah`

If var1 > var2
 Max ="var1"
Else
 Max = "var2"
Fi

...
Rrdgraph "stuff ... $max ... Stuff "

But now I wonder if you can I do a vdef (maximum) fetch? how do I
distinguish between vdef maximum and cdef max?

David Thornton
Northdot9

On 11/21/11, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
> Shabnam Shahreza wrote:
>
>>Imagine this is one of the printed outputs which I got by using
>>"AVERAGE 1" comparing file1/2/3:
>>
>>	print[10] = "7.843519 \n"
>>
>>This search fails to show me which one of file1/2/3 has this value:
>>
>>rrdtool fetch -s -1y file1 AVERAGE 1 | grep 843519
>>rrdtool fetch -s -1y file2 AVERAGE 1 | grep 843519
>>rrdtool fetch -s -1y file3 AVERAGE 1 | grep 843519
>>
>>Even I dumped the output but still unable to locate the value....
>>
>>Is this due to some normalization or something?
>
> Almost certainly.
>
> rrdtool fetch simply returns the data stored in the database - it
> does **NOT** do any data manipulation. rrdgraph on the other hand
> will resample the data to fit your graph unless you take care to make
> this a null operation.
>
> Even if you use rrdtool graph, I would not try finding data like that
> - it only takes a very small change in conditions for that exact
> value to not appear.
>
> However, in the example I gave, you did not have to look for a value
> (at least not in a separate run) - what you printed was an index to
> the data set that gave rise to the value you were after. Ie, you
> wouldn't get something like 7.843519 and have to find where it came
> from, you'd get (for example) 1, 2, or 3 - signifying source 1, 2, or
> 3 respectively.
> And BTW - please don't try and take threads off-list unless asked to.
> It's impolite both to the person your asking for one-to-one help from
> and to the rest of the people on the list who may well be able to
> assist. Also, it means the conversation doesn't go into the list
> archives for the benefit of others looking for answers later.
>
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