Use whisper-resize.py to change retention of an existing wsp file. Let me know if this fixes you issue.
-Nick On Jun 7, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Royce King <[email protected]> wrote: > Question #160576 on Graphite changed: > https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576 > > Status: Answered => Open > > Royce King is still having a problem: > So I guess the documentation on the page is incorrect then. > > Here is an example of the 13-month retention example (giving you a month of > overlap when comparing metrics year-over-year): > > *Note: Priority is not used. ** > *Rules are applied in the order they appear in the file** > > [everything_1min_13months] > priority = 100 > pattern = .* > retentions = 60:565920 > > > So how do I really change it to 13 months? Do I need to blast my .wsp files > and start over? We have been collecting for about 2 months now. > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Nicholas Leskiw < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Your question #160576 on Graphite changed: >> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576 >> >> Status: Open => Answered >> >> Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer: >> Changing storage-schemas.conf will not change the retentions on existing >> .wsp files. >> >> It appears that you have about one week. (60 * 9432 = 565,920 seconds ~= >> 6.5 days) of data in the file. How long has the data been collecting? >> >> -Nick >> >> On Jun 7, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Royce King >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Question #160576 on Graphite changed: >>> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576 >>> >>> Status: Answered => Open >>> >>> Royce King is still having a problem: >>> When I run the whisper-info.py I get the following: >>> >>> whisper-info.py count.wsp >>> maxRetention: 565920 >>> xFilesFactor: 0.5 >>> fileSize: 113212 >>> >>> Archive 0 >>> retention: 565920 >>> secondsPerPoint: 60 >>> points: 9432 >>> size: 113184 >>> offset: 28 >>> >>> and my storage-schemas.conf contains this: >>> [everything_1min_13months] >>> priority = 100 >>> pattern = .* >>> retentions = 60:565920 >>> >>> >>> Am I wrong by understanding this? Doesn't this mean that data will be >>> retained for every minute for 13 months? >>> >>> -Royce >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Nicholas Leskiw < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Your question #160576 on Graphite changed: >>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576 >>>> >>>> Status: Open => Answered >>>> >>>> Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer: >>>> Check the actual retention rate of the .wsp file. >>>> Go to /opt/graphite/storage/whisper/, and you'll see the same hierarchy >> as >>>> in the UI. Find the .wsp file and run whisper-info.py >> name-of-metric.wsp >>>> >>>> Look for secondsPerPoint and Points. >>>> >>>> If you multiply those two numbers, is it around 600,000? If so your >>>> retention rate is set to one week. You can change the retention rate of >>>> an existing wsp file with whisper-resize.py Run it with --help for more >>>> info. >>>> >>>> If you find the retention rate is incorrect, you can set retention rates >>>> for new metrics in /opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf >>>> >>>> If this doesn't solve the issue, please post your storage-schemas.conf >>>> and the output of whisper-info.py >>>> >>>> -Nick >>>> >>>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:50 AM, Royce King >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> New question #160576 on Graphite: >>>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576 >>>>> >>>>> I am trying to view data with graphite for last month and can only seem >>>> to be able to view data for the last week. from=-3weeks doesn't work, >> nor >>>> does &from=00%3A00_20110531&until=14%3A00_20110531. >>>>> >>>>> Has anybody else had this problem? 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