- Something like a unique per-gmond instance identifier

(to help with multi-homing and DNS issues and so the IP address is no 
longer the index key) There was discussion of this under the subject 
"Overriding hostname" on the Ganglia-general list.

-Andy Brody

Bernard Li wrote:
> Dear all:
> 
> As you all know, 3.0.5 has just been released -- time to work on 3.1.0! :-)
> 
> I thought I would start a wishlist for 3.1.0 where we can brainstorm
> for ideas to go into our next release.
> 
> So far, here are some points:
> 
> - Brad's DSO gmetric code
> - Brad's gmetric alias idea
> - Dynamically link libraries like expat, apr, libconfuse
> - Re-organization of RPM packages (libganglia, gmond-python ?)
> - Support for new RRDTool which allows graphs to have dynamic sizes
> (Matt Chambers, any updates on that?
> - Numerous custom graphs enhancements (Alex Balk, Timothy Witham, others)
> - Gilad's stacked graphs
> - Changing the units of default metrics to their base (e.g.
> disk_free's base unit should be bytes, not GB as rrdtool will
> automatically append G,M,K etc.)
> 
> A few of the above items may _break_ compatibility with older versions
> -- what are the general thought?  Would it be possible to run some
> script to convert the RRD data?  It would be a shame for users to lose
> years of accumulated data just to update to the latest and greatest...
> 
> Furthermore, I think the webfrontend needs a face lift.  The code has
> not really been touched for years and it could use some
> re-organization and at least provide a way where users can customize
> the graphs dynamically (location, size, title).  I am thinking some
> AJAX could give the frontend a fresh new look.
> 
> Of course, hopefully we can also re-open the gmetric repository so
> that we can have all sorts of user contributed plugins.
> 
> Ganglia is already great software -- but it doesn't mean we can't make
> it better -- let's all work together towards that end!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bernard
> 
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