Hi, On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 09:18:10AM +0200, Sebastian Harl wrote: > The reason for setting max. values in the first place is to avoid huge > peaks in case of a counter reset (e.g., after restarting some > service). In the future (collectd 5), this will probably be handled by > using the "DERIVE" data type rather than "COUNTER" in the RRD files. > In the meantime, I think we should raise the limits. > > Florian, do you agree with this?
yes, for all kinds of counters [*] using DERIVE is preferable to
COUNTER. I think I'll replace all COUNTER data sources with DERIVE in
collectd 5 – users of high-traffic interfaces with 32bit counters will
have to convert their "if_octets" files to COUNTER by hand.
Regards,
—octo
[*] Possible exception: 32bit counters of high-traffic network
interfaces, as found on some switches.
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