'Donald Mahler' wrote: > Using rrdtool, I am currently graphing between 5-15 lines on the same > graph, showing for example server cpu consumption across all servers in a > specific business unit. it seems to work great (now that I am setting > colors that differentiate nicely :-)
This means you can easely see how they relate and you can pick the highest value at any given time. > Question: I was wondering if people had any guidelines or opinions > regarding the use of lines vs stack. When do you use lines vs when do you > use stacks. IMHO stack is best used when you want to have a look at the grand total *and* each of its components. If you'd use stack, all but one lines would start with an offset on the Y-axis. It is therefore hard to see how much the individual value is. Without stacking them, it isn't easy to see how each value relates to the total. > The stack option certainly seems more interesting looking, but I am not > sure how well it looks when the "lines" need to intersect a lot. Is it > best used when the data tends to "stack" cleanly? Intersect? Maybe you are confusing stack with area ? HTH -- __________________________________________________________________ / [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
