[rrd-users] SVG interaction on RRDs graphs

[Tobias Oetiker]

Today Richard Wall wrote:

> On 2 September 2011 15:42, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch> wrote:
> <snip>
> > one problem of this aproach is, that the rrd data format is
> > different depending on the architecture where rrdtool is running
>
> Tobi,
>
> Yeah, I know this ought to be a problem, but actually it hasn't bitten
> me so far.
>
> All my RRDs are generated on Linux x86 (32 and 64bit) and these seem
> to be parsed fine by the javascriptRRD library on Windows 32 / 64,
> Linux x86 32 / 64 and MacOSX.
>
> Maybe its just luck.
>
> Do you think the idea of parsing the RRD files in javascript is
> completely doomed, or are there combinations of RRD source
> architecture and client arch that will generally work?

well it is just work ... not particularly difficult, but in the
end, you always will

* track any changes in the rrdtool format happening in the backend
* deal with the fact that rrd files can be realy big


> I read your portable RRD wiki page which sounds promising.
>
>  * http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool-trac/wiki/PortableRrdFormat

yes ... unfortunately noone seems willing to sponsor such work

> > ... if you used rrdtool xport in the backend you would get to a
> > more portable solution where you can even save bandwith by doing
> > some of the processing serverside ...
>
> Yes, I'll certainly give that a try.

:-)

cheers
tobi
>
> Thanks.
>
> -RichardW.
>
>

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