On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Alex van den Bogaerdt <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Cushnie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 3:15 PM > Subject: [mrtg] MRTG and RRD tool - matching the look and feel. > > >>Hi, >> >>I am using MRTG to monitor some network adapters as follows: >><snip> >>I am also using RRDTool to monitor the performance of a storage disk array: >><snip> >>The stats come in a csv file which is then translated and loaded in to an >>rrd database and then graphed, all using Perl. >> >>I would really like to get the rrdtool graphs looking like the MRTG >>graphs.. >> >>The Perl I am using to create the rrdtool graphs is as follows: >> $sys_command = "rrdtool.exe graph " . "../wwwroot/" . $stats_type . >>"_fms2_day.png " . >> "--start -1d " . >> "--end n " . >> "--vertical-label $y_legend " . >> "DEF:r_buf=eva_as_fms2.rrd:eva_as_fms2_req:AVERAGE " . >> "DEF:m_buf=eva_as_fms2.rrd:eva_as_fms2_mbs:AVERAGE " . >> ##"COMMENT:\"\t\t\t\t\tTime of day\" " . >> "LINE1:r_buf#FF0000:\"Req\"" . " " . >> "LINE1:m_buf#FF00FF:\"MBs\""; >> printf("$sys_command\n"); >> >>Any pointer/suggestions on how I get the look and feel of the MRTG graphs >>please? > > MRTG uses an AREA and a LINE. It should already be a big improvement if you > do that as well in your RRDtool script. And MRTG uses green and blue, you > don't. > >> Also can I get the Max: Average: Current: values out of rrdtool? > > Sure. PRINT them. See the tutorial. Do this as well for GPRINTing them in > the graph. > > _______________________________________________ > mrtg mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/mrtg >
Also have a look here: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool-trac/wiki/OutlinedAreaGraph As well as the general gallery: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/gallery/index.en.html . Here are a couple of graphs I've made using the above tips and inspiration: http://bildr.no/image/601821.jpeg . Cheers, Stian _______________________________________________ mrtg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/mrtg
