> David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > >Perfkit also writes the Linux data it collects into it's general summary > >files if asked to do so. It does not correct the data for virtualization > >effects, but the raw data is there to be correlated. > > Not really -- you cannot realistically correlate the data unless the > collection is synchronized. I guess over a long enough period you could > get pretty close, but CPU usage over the last hour isn't really very > interesting. You also cannot (last time I checked) collect that data for > all users; it's more of a "If you have a problem, turn it on for the user > in question". Usable (sort of) for benchmarking, but not for general > reporting.
Key phrases: "if asked to do so" and "data it collects". GIGO. Depends on what you want the data for. Overall trends may be good enough. YMMV. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
