[rrd-users] Rrdtool for counting irregular events

[Rafal Gwizdala]

Heh, yes, quite a simple 'transformation' if you know the aggregation step
As you can see in my discussion with Simon, it's quite hard (or impossible)
to get current graph's step value from rrdtool and the only option
remaining is to control the step externally.
Or maybe the step can be calculated based on graph date range? If so,
what's the algorithm rrdtool uses?

R

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch> wrote:

>
> well the 'transformation' is pretty simple, you just multiply the
> average rate over the periode you are interested in to get the sum
> ... VDEF can help you ...
>
> cheers
> tobi
>
> >
> > R
> >
> > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Rafal,
> > >
> > > Yesterday Rafal Gwizdala wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Can rrdtool be used for measuring frequency of irregular events? I
> mean
> > > the
> > > > updates would occur in irregular patterns and I'd like to measure the
> > > > frequency of them / number of occurrences per some base interval.
> > >
> > > if you use
> > >
> > > the ABSOLUTE data source type and rrdtool update whenever you
> > > detect one (or more events) with the number of events detected, you
> > > should get what you want.
> > >
> > > choose the step size according the the maximum resolution you want
> > > to see for the statistics.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > tobi
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > > RG
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> >
>
> --
> Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
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