> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 14:34, Dave Rawks <d...@pandora.com> wrote: > > Hey All, > > We've been talking about adding json in addition to xml for the > > tcp listen port exchange format. And I was curious if the "EXTRA_DATA" > > subtree to the XML ever contains something aside from > "EXTRA_ELEMENTS" > > and if the "EXTRA_ELEMENTS" ever have attributes aside from "NAME" and > > "VAL". >
If the dtd in gmond/dtd.h is up to date, then no on both. > > > On a relatively small cluster with a dozen metrics and a handful of > > hosts the savings are minor. However on a cluster of hundreds of hosts > > with perhaps dozens of metrics the savings would equate to MBs of data > > per tcp fetch. And the parse speed of the json /should/ be much faster > > as well. > > On a slightly different note, extending the gmond protocol itself to support > more than one metric per packet may be useful as well. > Considering that the gmond collects metrics in a bunch, it seems like the natural thing to do. > -- > Jesse Becker > ________________________________ IMPORTANT: The information contained in this email and/or its attachments is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by reply and immediately delete this message and all its attachments. Any review, use, reproduction, disclosure or dissemination of this message or any attachment by an unintended recipient is strictly prohibited. Neither this message nor any attachment is intended as or should be construed as an offer, solicitation or recommendation to buy or sell any security or other financial instrument. Neither the sender, his or her employer nor any of their respective affiliates makes any warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of any of the information contained herein or that this message or any of its attachments is free of viruses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
