<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks, Dave - Other than the wc for the rrdtool dump and the actual size of the files mine looks similar to yours. Here are the outputs for those commands on my box:<div><br></div><div><div>$ ls -lh la.rrd vmstat.rrd</div><div>-rw-r--r--. 1 xymon xymon 213K Jan 30 14:53 la.rrd</div><div>-rw-r--r--. 1 xymon xymon 3.5M Jan 30 15:16 vmstat.rrd</div><div>$ rrdtool info la.rrd | fgrep 'index = '</div><div>ds[la].index = 0</div><div>rrdtool info vmstat.rrd | fgrep 'index = '</div><div>ds[cpu_r].index = 0</div><div>ds[cpu_b].index = 1</div><div>ds[cpu_w].index = 2</div><div>ds[mem_swpd].index = 3</div><div>ds[mem_free].index = 4</div><div>ds[mem_buff].index = 5</div><div>ds[mem_cach].index = 6</div><div>ds[mem_si].index = 7</div><div>ds[mem_so].index = 8</div><div>ds[dsk_bi].index = 9</div><div>ds[dsk_bo].index = 10</div><div>ds[cpu_int].index = 11</div><div>ds[cpu_csw].index = 12</div><div>ds[cpu_usr].index = 13</div><div>ds[cpu_sys].index = 14</div><div>ds[cpu_idl].index = 15</div><div>ds[cpu_wait].index = 16</div><div>$ rrdtool dump la.rrd | wc</div><div> 27054 214609 2251244</div><div>$ rrdtool dump vmstat.rrd | wc</div><div> 28558 216225 11768579</div><div><br></div><div>The rrddefinitions.cfg file looks like this:</div><div><br></div><div><div># Xymon RRD parameters</div><div>#</div><div># This defines the number of datapoints stored for each RRD, and the</div><div># RRD "consolidation functions" applied. See the rrdtool documentation</div><div># for details.</div><div>#</div><div># NB: Changes here only apply to newly created RRD files. To change </div><div># your existing RRD databases, use the rrdtool utilities to modify</div><div># your existing files.</div><div><br></div><div># include additional sections</div><div>directory /etc/xymon/rrddefinitions.d</div><div><br></div><div># Each section key is the column- or data-name reported from your</div><div># client test. Typically this is "cpu", "memory", "tcp", or some</div><div># custom test you have created.</div><div><br></div><div># Definition for frequent ifmib polling (once per 60 seconds)</div><div># The setup for this is identical in granularity to the default </div><div># setup, but since data is fed into the RRD once every 60 seconds, </div><div># we use 5 times as many Primary data points for each of the </div><div># Consolidated data points actually stored in the RRD file.</div><div>[ifmib/60]</div><div> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:5:576</div><div> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:30:576</div><div> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:120:576</div><div> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1440:576</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div># This one is the default setup. You can change it, if you like.</div><div>[]</div><div> # 576 datapoints w/ 5 minute interval = 48 hours @ 5 min avg.</div><div> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:576</div><div> # 576 datapoints w/ 6*5 minute averaged = 12 days @ 30 min avg.</div><div> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:576</div><div> RRA:MIN:0.5:6:576</div><div> RRA:MAX:0.5:6:576</div><div> # 576 datapoints w/ 24*5 minute averaged = 48 days @ 2 hour avg.</div><div> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:576</div><div> RRA:MIN:0.5:24:576</div><div> RRA:MAX:0.5:24:576</div><div> # 576 datapoints w/ 288*5 minute averaged = 576 days @ 1 day avg.</div><div> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:576</div><div> # 8064 datapoints w/ 5 minute interval = 28 days @ 5 min avg.</div><div> RRA:HWPREDICT:8064:0.1:0.0035:2016</div></div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone know when the line 'RRA:HWPREDICT:8064:0.1:0.0035:2016' was added to this configuration by default?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Eliza Danyi</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Operating Systems Analyst</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Virginia Commonwealth University</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">E-mail: <a href="mailto:danyiem@vcu.edu" target="_blank">danyiem@vcu.edu</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><i style="font-size:12.8px">Don't be a phishing victim -- VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details, visit </i><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><i><a href="https://ts.vcu.edu/about-us/information-security/common-questions/what-is-phishing/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://ts.vcu.edu/about-us/information-security/common-questions/what-is-phishing/</a> </i></span></font><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 6:02 PM Dave "doughnut" Fogarty <<a href="mailto:doughnut@doughnut.net">doughnut@doughnut.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">That seems pretty bug to me. Mine are all under a meg.<br>
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When you run 'rrdtool info somebigfile.rrd' does it have a lot of different<br>
data-sources ("ds")? Mine tend to directly correlate.<br>
<br>
Here's some output from looking at a couple average rrd files for me.<br>
<br>
$ ls -l la.rrd vmstat.rrd<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 19640 Jan 29 14:09 la.rrd<br>
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 323384 Jan 29 14:24 vmstat.rrd<br>
$ rrdtool info vmstat.rrd | less<br>
$ rrdtool info la.rrd | less<br>
$ rrdtool info la.rrd | fgrep 'index = '<br>
ds[la].index = 0<br>
$ rrdtool info vmstat.rrd | fgrep 'index = '<br>
ds[cpu_r].index = 0<br>
ds[cpu_b].index = 1<br>
ds[cpu_w].index = 2<br>
ds[mem_swpd].index = 3<br>
ds[mem_free].index = 4<br>
ds[mem_buff].index = 5<br>
ds[mem_cach].index = 6<br>
ds[mem_si].index = 7<br>
ds[mem_so].index = 8<br>
ds[dsk_bi].index = 9<br>
ds[dsk_bo].index = 10<br>
ds[cpu_int].index = 11<br>
ds[cpu_csw].index = 12<br>
ds[cpu_usr].index = 13<br>
ds[cpu_sys].index = 14<br>
ds[cpu_idl].index = 15<br>
ds[cpu_wait].index = 16<br>
$ rrdtool dump la.rrd | wc<br>
2399 18567 195686<br>
$ rrdtool dump vmstat.rrd | wc<br>
2991 19271 1030655<br>
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