As I understand it, DERIVE is only for counters that get reset on _EVERY_ read. This wouldn't help in his case, because the RESETS are random.
I know that COUNTER handles "wraps" correctly, but I'm not so sure it is set up to handle the random resets you describe. Owen Paul Pot wrote: > = > Hi Brent, > = > You could change the COUNTER to DERIVE - this will do the trick. > = > hth > paul > *speaking for himself > = > To: [email protected] > cc: (bcc: Paul Pot) > = > Subject: [rrd-users] rrd update > = > I'm using RRD to monitor Apache and MySQL ( http://www.meshier.com/stat= s/ ) > with DS set to COUNTER. Whenever I restart Apache or MySQL their inter= nal > counters reset to zero. However, RRD reports the maximum (800M or some= thing > around there) The documentation says its suppose to handle reset count= ers, > yet my graphs are showing otherwise. Any ideas? > = > --Brent > = > -- > Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ibe > Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users > WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi > = > -- > Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ibe > Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users > WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi -- = *********************************************************************** "Every time you turn on your new car, you're turning on 20 microprocessors. Every time you use an ATM, you're using a computer. Every time I use a settop box or game machine, I'm using a computer. The only computer you don't know how to work is your Microsoft computer, right?" - Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, Inc., from an April 1997 interview in Upside Magazine *********************************************************************** "One World, One Web, One Program." - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein F=FChrer" - Adolf Hitler -- 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
