[rrd-users] Dynamic Steps

[Tobi Oetiker]

Oliver,

I am reading this on my phone, so I may have missed something.  but for event based logging you should use the DS type ABSOLUTE

Tobias Oetiker
tobi at oetiker.ch
062 775 9902

On 17.04.2013, at 16:05, Oliver Loch <grimeton at gmx.net> wrote:

> I'm using N.
> 
> But if rrdtool calculates the average for that second it's wrong. E.g.:  3x3600 would be 10800 and the average 3600 again. But the value should be 10800 so that, together with the time delta, the utilized power is shown.
> 
> Can someone point me to docs about precision?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> KR,
> 
> Oliver
> 
> Am 17.04.2013 um 22:44 schrieb Oliver Loch <grimeton at gmx.net>:
> 
>> So,
>> 
>> what happens if I update the database twice a second?
>> 
>> Cu
>> 
>> Am 17.04.2013 um 21:55 schrieb Tobi Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch>:
>> 
>>> no, this was not about steps, just about the accuracy of your timestamps as you run the update command.
>>> 
>>> Tobias Oetiker
>>> tobi at oetiker.ch
>>> 062 775 9902
>>> 
>>> On 17.04.2013, at 14:44, Oliver Loch <grimeton at gmx.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> So if I want steps in 0.25 seconds, I just use 14400 instead of 3600 ?
>>>> 
>>>> This "step thing" is really confusing sometimes.
>>>> 
>>>> Cu
>> 
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