[hobbit] multiple graphs per test colum

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 02:08:16PM -0700, Charles Jones wrote:
> Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 11:41:21AM -0400, Sean Hennessey wrote:
> >>case
> >>to split the test into two different tests, but it does make sense to 
> >>split
> >>the data into two graphs. Does anyone know if what this is possible?
> >
> >No, it's not possible with the current code.
> >
> >It ought to be, I agree. But the whole handling of which graphs go where 
> >needs some major work; the current setup was adopted from Big
> >Brother/LARRD and is not very flexible.
> > 
> >
> I thought you could do it via several calls to hobbitgraph? For example 
> I have a host that has many disk partitions. If I don't want to see them 
> all on a single graph, I can select just the first partition via the 
> "first" and "count" options:
> https://www.myhost.com/hobbit-cgi/hobbitgraph.sh?host=myhost&service=disk&graph_width=576&graph_height=120&first=1&count=1&disp=my%2dhost
> This gives me a graph with only that data element.
> I can get a graph of only the 2nd via first=2&count=1, or elements 5-8, 
> first=5&count=3.

That only works if you store the data in multiple RRD files. The "count"
parameter counts RRD files, not graph lines. (The "disk" rrd's only have
one graph per file, so there's a one-to-one mapping in that case).


Regards,
Henrik