Re: Cacti created rrd files - have I understood correctly?

On 5 July 2013 20:49, Gandalf <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is mostly described correctly.
> I already made some remarks about "loosing accuracy". It always depends on what
> you want to see from those graphs ...
>
> For example, many networkers want to have information about peak interface usage.
> Thus, before talking about "loosing accuracy", you should first replace the CF
> for traffic AREA and LINE in the default graphs. By default, it is AVERAGE =>
> thus, a historical view will show "lower" values than expected. You should
> better use MAXIMUM to display the peak values when aggregating.
> In fact "not loosing accuracy" will NOT help here and still display wrong "peak
> data"!!!
>
> I explained this every now and then, my keyword for this is "graphical
> consolidation". Google for that on the cacti sites to find a lengthy explanation ...
>
> Reinhard

Thanks for the info Renhard, I have found more info on line now that I
had previously!

I understand what I needed to know, thank you very much.

Kind regards,
James.

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