I know what Daniel means. I collect the number of channels in use on an ISDN link. As such it can only be a whole number. If the collection interval varies, as it will, MRTG interpolates and sometimes gives me 4.8 instead of 5. It would be great to optionally overide this behaviour.
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "mrtg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 2:01 AM Subject: [mrtg] Re: Antwort: Re: Differences between mrtg.log and html view > On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 09:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > The values are being interpolated so that they line up on 5-minute > > > boundaries. This is because you can't poll exactly in 5 minute > > > intervals, so it fiddles with the delta and guesses where you would have > > > been at the precise 5 minute boundaryy. > > > > This is ok, if you have a always increasing value like an interface couter, > > but it's IMO not ok, if I have a per-calutlated value, that I give to mrtg. > > I tell just this to mrtg by setting the option gauge. > -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
