I was thinking that if some people would prefer the current behavior, it could either be made into an admin config option or somehow user selectable on the web frontend. A third option, like you said, would be to display both. Anyone have any thoughts on which is the best choice and how to do it.
~Jason On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 18:22 -0700, Ian Cunningham wrote: > Jason, > > The page should explain that the load averages given are historic. I am > not sure if the average of the 15 min average is meaningful for long > periods of time. Also its possible that there should be values given for > both current and historic. > > Thanks for your work, > Ian > > Jason A. Smith wrote: > > >The Avg Load percentages on the ganglia web frontend currently show the > >latest measured values for the grid/cluster. When looking at historical > >data, these numbers can be misleading when compared to the graphs right > >next to them. I created a patch which changes this behavior by using > >rrdtool to calculate the average loads over the displayed time range > >instead of the latest value, see attachment. Any comments, suggestions? > > > >~Jason > > > -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Jason A. Smith Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Atlas Computing Facility, Bldg. 510M Phone: (631)344-4226 | | Brookhaven National Lab, P.O. Box 5000 Fax: (631)344-7616 | | Upton, NY 11973-5000 | \------------------------------------------------------------------/
