[Xymon] problems setting to 'derive'

gbulot gregory at bulot-fr.com
Fri Jan 11 17:09:25 CET 2013


Le 2013-01-10 13:29, W.J.M. Nelis a écrit :

>> When graph using Gauge, values are correct :
>> field03a: 5
>> field03b: 17
>> field03c: 14
>> field04a: 3
>> field04b: 12
>> field04c: 15
>> Total: 66

> See http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc/rrdcreate.en.html. There you'll
> see that there is quite a difference between gauge and derive.
> The type of measurement and what you want to know determine which
> data type is appropriate. If you are interested in the number of
> serious errors reported per second, derive is an appropriate type. 
> Set
> a minimum value of zero, to prevent negative spikes in the graphs.

Hi, Thanks for your answer.


Minimum value already set (-l 0 on my first post)
My max data value is about 400 (very lower than limit of a integer)





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