[rrd-users] RRDtool spread values by time on rrd, how to turn off this behavior?

[Daniel Hilst]

On 04/16/2012 01:19 PM, Daniel Hilst wrote:
> When I do an update on some rrd file the rrdtool -- or something --
> spread my input value by time.
>
> Here is how I reproduce:
>
> 1) Create my rrd with this command
> rrdtool create --step 10 test.rrd DS:v:GAUGE:600:U:U RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:50
>
> 2) The feed it with:
> rrdtool update test.rrd 1334578211:10
> rrdtool update test.rrd 1334578221:0
>
>
> I get
> 1334578210 9.000000
> 1334578220 1.000000
>
>
> The RRDtool have spread my values, so 9 + 1 = 10, Its cool, but some
> times I want 10, then 0.. Is there a way to turn this feature off for
> specific rrd file?
>
> If update rrd on 10 multiples then it works as I expect, so If I did:
> rrdtool update test.rrd 1334578210:10
> rrdtool update test.rrd 1334578220:0
>
> I would get
> 1334578210 10.000000
> 1334578220 0.000000
>
> I'm using collectd so I cant round up epoch..
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers!
>
My solution was create a patch to collectd to round up the epoch before 
submit..

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