Jeff Rodriguez wrote: > Matthew Boeckman wrote: > > >>Question for the group that I haven't found an answer to in the >>archives/manual. >> >>I've got a handful of servers all sharing a common NFS mount, and want >>to setup some RRD info coming from each server to go into a single >>database. Each host will be sending it's info every 6 hours, and I guess >>the main question is, can/does RRD have something that let's me queue >>this stuff? Basically my concern is 4 hosts writing to the same file on >>this NFS server. I can just use 4 seperate RRD files, but wanted to keep >>it simpler and just have 4 different DS's. >> >>Sadly, NFS file locking is not an option in my environment. >> >> >> > > You might end up with problems with "could not lock RRD" since only one > rrdtool instance can write to the file at once. What if you add a > server? Frankly it's a pain in the ass to add DS's to an RRD. IMHO > You're much better off using multiple RRDs. > > Jeff
done and done. Thanks for the reply. It's not that big a deal for me to use multiple RRD's, just wanted to know if the other was an option. thanks again matthew > > -- > 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 > > -- Matthew Boeckman (816) 777-2160 Manager - Systems Integration Saepio Technologies -- 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
