Re: [rrd-users] gauges

2008-04-07 Thread Sam Umbach
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Joe Loiacono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the chief difference between COUNTER and GAUSE is simply in > the retrieval of the information. Actually, the difference is the storage of the data. RRDs store rates, period. With a COUNTER or DERIVE DS, the rat

Re: [rrd-users] gauges

2008-04-07 Thread Joe Loiacono
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/05/2008 03:47:12 PM: > > Understood. And if I understand the purposes for MIN MAX and AVERAGE, > they can be used additionally in a GAUGE context. I can understand > their use in COUNTER types for net traffic etc. I think that MIN, MAX, AVG, can apply to either COUNT

Re: [rrd-users] gauges

2008-04-05 Thread R Dicaire
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Simon Hobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >For GAUGE types, do I *need* RRAs of MIN MAX and AVERAGE? Would *just* > >LAST work best, and if not, why not? > > What are YOUR requirements ? RRD does not impose any particular > schema, you are free to define whatever

Re: [rrd-users] gauges

2008-04-05 Thread Simon Hobson
R Dicaire wrote: >Hi folksI'm having difficulty understanding some concepts using >GAUGE with rrd creation. >My goal is to do hourly reporting. I've spent a couple weeks going >over the websites docs and tutorials and I've found some of the >information helpful, but the rest seem over my head,

[rrd-users] gauges

2008-04-05 Thread R Dicaire
Hi folksI'm having difficulty understanding some concepts using GAUGE with rrd creation. My goal is to do hourly reporting. I've spent a couple weeks going over the websites docs and tutorials and I've found some of the information helpful, but the rest seem over my head, causing more confusion