[hobbit] Time settings on xymon

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Please do not thread hijack.

=R

Stewart, Tom L. wrote:
> All,
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> We are in the process of going from Hobbit 4.2.0  to Xymon 4.3.0-0.beta2.
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> We originally set up the timeframes for the rrd files as such on the new
> Xymon server.
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>         /* Check if the default record exists */
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>         if (rbtFind(rrddeftree, "") == rbtEnd(rrddeftree)) {
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>                 /* Create the default record */
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>                 newrec = (rrddeftree_t *)malloc(sizeof(rrddeftree_t));
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>                 newrec->key = strdup("");
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>                 newrec->defs = (char **)malloc(4 * sizeof(char *));;
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>                 newrec->defs[0] = strdup("RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:157824");
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>                 newrec->defs[1] = strdup("RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:157824");
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>                 newrec->defs[2] = strdup("RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:157824");
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>                 newrec->defs[3] = strdup("RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:157824");
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>                 newrec->count = 4;
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>                 rbtInsert(rrddeftree, newrec->key, newrec);
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> The belief was that we would be able to keep 5 minute increments of data
> out to 576 days. Now because of the amount of space required, that have
> asked to keep the 576 day average to 30 minutes instead of the 5 minutes
> and keep the 2, 12 and 48 days at 5 minutes. As I will not have time to
> make sure that long of time is correct, so I need some other eyes to
> tell me if my calculations are correct.
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> I am planning on taking newrec->defs[3] =
> strdup("RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:157824"); and changing 157824 to 82944.
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> Am I correct in my calculation for the 576 day average for 30 minutes or
> am I totally off base?
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> We are keeping the original Hobbit server for historical review and I
> don’t have to worry about converting any rrd files. And because we are
> in test, I can simple blow away the new rrd files on Xymon.
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> All comments will be appreciated!
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> Thank you,
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> Tom
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