Well I don't use cfgmaker. I have a custom script that reads the monitored items from the database and it rights the config based from that info. It works great if you know how to write the MRTG file yourself. I have done well so far but got stumped very fast when it came to RRD. Can you send a sample of what these lines look like in the MRTG file? And are these per target options or global? I've seen a lot of RRD docs and a lot of MRTG docs, but I haven't found a good source for RRD as it applies to MRTG.
Thank You Jeff Cook Network Administrator Whatcom Educational Credit Union -----Original Message----- From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jeff Cook Subject: Re: [mrtg] RRD Config >>> "Jeff Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/01/04 12:38PM >>> >I am looking to change to RRD with MRTG for the collection. If I do this I >would like to change RRD to store minutely not every 5 minutes. I think I >know how to change a RRD file to be able to have that many storage points. > >So here is my question. Is there anyway to have a config file that MRTG/RRD >will use to create the new RRD files? I would want the RRD files to be >created by MRTG with the right settings to begin with. I don't think it >would be good for me to have the MRTG config change automatically and then >have to remember to reconfigure the RRD file after each database change. >50% of the time I don't know when a change is made that would cause a new >RRD file to be made. It is quite easily accomplished. How long do you want to store the minute data for? 1 day, 1 month, 1 year? We do this for a 5 minute interval for 1 year, and have modified cfgmaker to accomplish it. If you use cfgmaker, just add another RRA for 1 minute intervals and define the number of samples you'd like (1 day would be 1,440 samples). Our rrd files grew from about 94k to just over 3mb for 5 minute sample expansion. I would venture a guess that 1 years' worth of 1 minute samples would be about 15mb per rrd. Paul -- 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
