Thanks again!!! Best regards,
Jorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > Each rrd file is a fixed size. The number of rrd files that will be created > is dependent on the traffic you are seeing. > > However, the parameters such as number of months determine the duration of > the data that will be stored and thus (indirectly) the per-rrd size. > > If the rrd stores, say, 5 months of data, it will always have 5 months of > data. Today those five months would be mid-August -> mid-January. Next > month it will be mid-September -> mid-February. Always 5 months, but which 5 > months changes over time. Hence the fixed size of the file. > > There is some information about rrd files in the FAQ and there (is/used to > be) a write-up on SourceForge too. > > > -----Burton > > > > It does delimit it in a way, but from my understanding it still depends > on the amount of data your saving - which is directly proportional to > the network I/O load ntop sees and/or is configured to store. > > 3 months of data on my network might be 2GB, while 3 months on your > network might be 20GB. Also, unless your load is predictable and > constant, it will will vary on your network as well. January might be > slow and only consume 1GB, while March is really busy and needs 20GB. > > I would say it defines the amount of time stored on disk, but the amount > of data would be unique to each install and probably pretty dynamic. > > Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jorge Cuevas > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ntop] Hard Disk space and rrd dumps > > Hi all, > > As far as I understand myrrd in ntop, historical data can be accessed > and graphics can be developed once rrd starts keeping information in > /ntop/rrd. > > >From the ntop web interface, I can access rrd plugin configuration > options. > > Does the "dump months" parameter fix in any global manner the amount of > time (months) of the maximum period to represent historical data? > > If so, this parameter is delimiting as well the amount of hard disk > space, I mean, the maximum space which will be used if the dump month > period is covered updating rrd? Is there any way to know how much hard > disk space is equivalent to for example 3 months dump month? > > Thanks in advance, > > Jorge > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > > > > > <font size="1"> > <div style='border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in > 0in > 1.0pt 0in'> > </div> > "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient > and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email > and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by > return email and delete this email from your system." > </font> > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > -- Jorge Cuevas González <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Director de Proyectos www.nesys-st.com Tfno: 94 406 0546 Móvil: 617165161 GPG: 3C1C CE59 3258 07C6 BB44 76B2 7861 9F93 9710 0C6F _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
