Along those lines a while ago I suggested saving sysUpTime. If the format changes it would be cool to have that built in. You can then be a bit smarter about counter data types (ie. skip the interval that spans the device reboot).
Russ At 12:58 PM -0500 3/12/01, Shane O'Donnell wrote: >Snippets of Wisdom Deleted > >> How about having the rrd format changed so that at the beginging >> of the rrd we have some size specifiers which tell how large the >> data area of each DS definition is ... this would allow to create >> some sort of forward compatible system which can skip DS types it >> does not understand ... > >I'd also be interested in discussing (if this is up for discussion) adding >the ability to generate user-customizable data fields in the header of the >RRD. I'm envisioning a handy place to store something like sysName and >sysDescr for the device you are polling. > >Ideally, this ends up as extensible, but only minimally so. > >Does this fall within the bounds of something that we're collectively >interested in? -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-developers WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
