Question #177524 on Graphite changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/177524
Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer: Aha, so now we come to the crux of the matter. You want a scatter graph mode. Now that's a requirement I can quantify and deliver on (eventually.) On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Mark Seger < [email protected]> wrote: > Question #177524 on Graphite changed: > https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/177524 > > Mark Seger posted a new comment: > Please understand I'm not trying to be difficult. I completely > understand what you're telling me but I still think information is being > lost when you display anything but the original, unaltered data. Sure, > you'll see a blip when you add up all those one's and include the 10, > but you'd also see a blip when you have a string of 2's for that same > interval which may be perfectly normal. My point is size does matter. > I don't want to see a little blip when there's a significant anomaly, I > want to see a spike. Further, if there are 2 spike in the same interval > I want to see both of them. > > The way one gets around this in gnuplot is to simply plot all data as > dots rather than lines - normally I plot lines but sometimes I use dots. > Then if you have a couple of outliers during the same interval you still > see both of them. I totally understand what graphite is doing and most > users are probably very satisfied with what it does - it sure looks good > to me for showing trends in the data. > > It sure looks like you've addressed the hard part - scaling up to handle > large volumes of monitoring data and stashing it away. From my > experiences there are always multiple ways to view that data depending > on what you're looking for and I've seen quite a different set of ways > to view it. A real nifty thing to do with graphite in the future might > be to explore supporting multiple views, be they stacked lines, points > or even radial plots. > > -mark > > -- > You received this question notification because you are a member of > graphite-dev, which is an answer contact for Graphite. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~graphite-dev > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~graphite-dev > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- You received this question notification because you are a member of graphite-dev, which is an answer contact for Graphite. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~graphite-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~graphite-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
