On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Jeff Rodriguez wrote: > Personally, I don't see why you'd specify a maximum. You can put a minimum > of 0, that's fine unless your interfaces plan on reversing somehow ;)
Because a bad update forced my graphs into the P range (I can only assume that's pedabytes?, and since there's no easy way to edit an RRD database, I want input validation, dammit! > > Why bother when you don't have to? > > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 00:14 > Subject: [rrd-users] reasonable maximums > > > > Hi, I was unsure of how my graphs would be built initially, as I'm > > monitoring ipfw rules with a theoretical limit of 100 megs (although in > > theory the loopback can go faster, we'll assume it won't). > > > > It probably doesn't matter, but my counters return bytes, but the standard > > seems to be bits, so I'm multiplying the data * 8. > > > > With this in mind, what should I set my maximum as? Is it as simple as > > 100 * 1024 * 1024 (104857600) or am I missing something that'll bite me > > in the behind later? > > > > Thanks, and happy new year. > > > > -Dan Mahoney > > > > -- > > > > "You're a daddy. I'm a mommy. She's our baby. Deal with it." > > > > -Cali, 11/7/02, about 1:35 AM > > > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > > Site: http://www.gushi.org > > --------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > -- "there is no loyalty in the business, so we stay away from things that piss people off" -The Boss, November 12, 2002 --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --------------------------- -- 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
