[email protected] writes:
>But you are mistaken re MRTG - it's actively maintained.
>
>Both MRTG and rrdtool are written and maintained by Tobi Oetiker: 

I know all that.  I didn't say it wasn't actively maintained.  I was
questioning the practice of recommending MRTG to new users.

Here's what Tobi says about it:

http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/mrtg-rrd.en.html

"After using MRTG for some time you may find some limitations, mostly in
the areas of performance and graphing flexibility. These are exactly the
areas addressed by RRDtool. To learn more about RRDtool check out its
website .....   RRDtool Integration: ..... At the moment there is no
official script to do this, but two contributers have created such
scripts: ......"

These limitations and the wonky work-arounds using 3rd party scripts are
because the product's *design* is old.  For a new user with no particular
commitment to MRTG, what's the point?  Why not go with a modern integrated
RDDtool frontend that's easy to install and use?

Mark

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