Vladimir,

   I'm pretty sure - I see this in the logs for example (this is from one 
machine):

Dec 18 13:01:52 ntpd[4467]: time reset +0.728211 s

and then the network graph shows petabytes transmitted in that minute.


On Dec 21, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Vladimir Vuksan wrote:

> Are you absolutely sure these are NTP related ?
> 
> Vladimir
> 
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, Michael Durket wrote:
> 
>> I'm experimenting with Ganglia to see if it's a viable replacement for 
>> Zabbix at our site. One of the more troublesome issues I've found is with 
>> the network graphs. Occasionally, one of our many hosts will get an NTP time 
>> adjustment (usually fractions of a second). When that happens, all of a 
>> sudden it looks like our network transferred hundreds of petabytes of data 
>> (according to the Network Report graphs).
>> 
>> I suspect this is somehow related to RRD but I was wondering if anyone had 
>> seen this or knows of a workaround. People here expect the graphs to reflect 
>> data accurately (something that Zabbix isn't very good at when it's under 
>> load) and this kind of behavior is problematic (and could disqualify Ganglia 
>> from consideration).
>> 
>> If this is in fact an RRD issue does anyone know if this kind of thing 
>> happens with Graphite and Ganglia?
>> 
>> 
>> 
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