So would it be correct to say that Step is only used as a multiplier for RRAs?
Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Erskine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 04:01 Subject: [rrd-users] Re: Step vs. Heartbeat > At 04:34 2003-05-08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Can someone explain to me what the difference between step and heartbeat is? > > Step specifies the resolution of the data (e.g. one point every 5 > minutes). Heartbeat specifies how often the rrd must be updated to avoid > rrdtool deciding to insert unknown values. (And for completeness,) xff > specifies what proportion of primary data points must be present in a > consolidation interval for the resulting consolidated data point to be > considered valid (i.e. not unknown). > > >-- > >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 > > Thomas Erskine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +1.613.591.8490 > > > -- > 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 > > -- 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
