On Thursday 29 November 2007 00:09:20 Brad Nicholes wrote:
[...]
> > <METRIC NAME="swap_free" VAL="1999988" TYPE="uint32" UNITS="KB"
> > TN="81296" TMAX="180" DMAX="0" SLOPE="both" SOURCE="gmond">
> > <EXTRA_DATA DESC="Amount of available swap memory"/>
> > <EXTRA_DATA TITLE="swap_free"/>
>
> By default the <EXTRA_DATA TITLE> is the same as the metric name. However
> if you add a Title="blah" to any Metric{} block in gmond.conf file, that
> title is reflected in the <EXTRA_DATA TITLE> tag.
Why not simply omit the <EXTRA_DATA_TITLE> if the user doesn't supply it?
If, under these circumstances, it's always going to be the metric name, why
not have gmetad infer this. Not including redundant information may save (a
bit) on transfer time.
HTH,
Paul.
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