On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, john allspaw wrote:
> Hey all - > > While I love the idea of the python module, I'd like the plain-old gmetric > binary to stay as-is. I'm not sure if there are/were plans on getting rid of > it in favor of the new custom framework stuff. Some of the reasons why I > think it should stay: > > - Gmetric makes building custom metrics insanely easy. I tell people all the > time: "if you can make a number with any script you have, you can get it into > ganglia, with whatever language you want." > > - We have a lot of custom metrics that depend on other software, (we take > results from nagios checks and spit them into ganglia with the gmetric > command, for example) and that can't be rewritten without a lot of work. > > A huge part about why some folks where I work (Yahoo!) are interested in > ganglia is that even with as basic install, you get a LOT > of visibility into your systems and network, with very little effort. Being > able to embed a one-line gmetric command into any other monitoring they > already have is the icing on the cake. > > Thoughts ? I also vote for keeping gmetric in the game. I have asked this question before and I now sense a chance to reissue it :-). Here is goes: Is there general interest in extending gmetric so that it can take a list of metrics, instead of just one ? We have a situation where we need to feed in lots of metrics and thus suffer from the resulting system calls. Another thought I had to further reduce system latency was to daemonize gmetric and let it read from a local socket or pipe or whatever peopel think is most convinient. Cheers, Matthias > -j > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-developers mailing list > Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
