Wendy Faulkner wrote: > The two I'm having problems figuring out how to do are both ones that will > only get input once a day - total # of mail messages and total # of viruses > stopped. > > Any suggestions as to the best way to do these?
I don't know if it is *the best* way of doing it but here's how I would approach the problem: 1) To prevent problems with timezones, I'd use a step time of 3600. This allows for updates at midnight local time in stead of midnight UTC time. 2) To prevent problems with the updating, I'd use a heartbeat of 172000. This allows for an update to occur anywhere during the next day, upto but not including the next regular update. 3) I'd then count the number of messages and virusses somewhere after midnight, no hurry. The update can be given to RRDtool as if it occured at midnight, just specify the correct timestamp. If you encountered other problems, let us know and we'll probably can help you with them; you need to be more specific about them if you want us to help... cheers, -- __________________________________________________________________ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ | work private | | My employer is capable of speaking therefore I speak only for myself | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Technical questions sent directly to me will be nuked. Use the list. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | http://faq.mrtg.org/ | | http://rrdtool.eu.org --> tutorial | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
