>>> On 11/6/2007 at 1:45 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthias Blankenhaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, john allspaw wrote: > >> Hey all - >> >> While I love the idea of the python module, I'd like the plain-old gmetric > binary to stay as-is. I'm not sure if there are/were plans on getting rid of > it in favor of the new custom framework stuff. Some of the reasons why I > think it should stay: >> >> - Gmetric makes building custom metrics insanely easy. I tell people all the > time: "if you can make a number with any script you have, you can get it into > ganglia, with whatever language you want." >> >> - We have a lot of custom metrics that depend on other software, (we take > results from nagios checks and spit them into ganglia with the gmetric > command, for example) and that can't be rewritten without a lot of work. >> >> A huge part about why some folks where I work (Yahoo!) are interested in > ganglia is that even with as basic install, you get a LOT >> of visibility into your systems and network, with very little effort. Being > able to embed a one-line gmetric command into any other monitoring they > already have is the icing on the cake. >> >> Thoughts ? > > I also vote for keeping gmetric in the game. I have asked this question > before and I now sense a chance to reissue it :-). Here is goes: > > Is there general interest in extending gmetric so that it can take a list > of metrics, instead of just one ? > > We have a situation where we need to feed in lots of metrics and thus > suffer from the resulting system calls. > > Another thought I had to further reduce system latency was to daemonize > gmetric and let it read from a local socket or pipe or whatever peopel > think is most convinient. > > Cheers, > Matthias > > The good news is that the gmond module interface (python or C) takes care of those issues. This isn't a reason to get rid of gmetric, just a reason to consider moving your metrics to the module interface rather than enhancing gmetric. Brad ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
