On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 10:55:04AM -0500, Sunil Modi (IT) wrote: > DERIVE ABSOLUTE and COUNTER are reates of change. GAUGE will give the actual > number. From your previuos post it seemed that you wanted to compare to > previous values, but now it seems you just want the actual number. Use GAUGE > for the actual number.
All numbers in an RRA are rates. Derive, absolute, counter and gauge determine how to compute such a rate. GAUGE -> It already is a rate. Just copy the rate. COUNTER -> Look at the difference between last time and now ABSOLUTE -> A counter that starts from zero when you read it DERIVE -> A counter that can also go back GAUGE will NOT give you the actual number. Rates are still being normalized before they are stored as a PDP. This means the rate may be different from what you gave to RRDtool. GAUGE will NOT give you the actual number. A number of PDPs will be subject to consolidation before they are stored as a CDP. This means the rate in the RRA may be different from what you gave to RRDtool. GAUGE will NOT give you the actual number. Alex -- You want an answer? You'd better follow the following guidelines! Linesize well below 80 chars. Reply to the list, not to me. Trim irrelevant lines. Reply _below_ the relevant lines, not on top. -- 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
