X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frrdtool.pod;h=84749af542042fb0a507492f8f9e90e50e8b390f;hb=f942d3c825ad1073bb6d68edd9653b0c999bbe49;hp=cd3c785244c065fb1db4202f1d4a039658061a65;hpb=1204ae27ec1f1340f2e9a0ae30d9ec4ab773b1bb;p=rrdtool.git diff --git a/doc/rrdtool.pod b/doc/rrdtool.pod index cd3c785..84749af 100644 --- a/doc/rrdtool.pod +++ b/doc/rrdtool.pod @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ While the man pages talk of command line switches you have to set in order to make B work it is important to note that B can be remotely controlled through a set of pipes. This saves a considerable amount of startup time when you plan to make -B do a lot of things quickly. Check the section on L<"Remote -Control"> further down. There is also a number of language bindings +B do a lot of things quickly. Check the section on L +further down. There is also a number of language bindings for RRDtool which allow you to use it directly from perl, python, tcl, php, etc. @@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ Change the size of individual RRAs. This is dangerous! Check L. =item B -Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check L +Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check L. + +=item B + +Flush the values for a spcific RRD file from memory. Check L. =item B @@ -298,9 +302,17 @@ sockets, tools like netcat, or in a quick interactive test by using B that there is no authentication with this feature! Do not setup such a port unless you are sure what you are doing. +=head1 RRDCACHED, THE CACHING DAEMON + +For very big setups, updating thousands of RRD files often becomes a serious IO +problem. If you run into such problems, you might want to take a look at +L, a caching daemon for RRDTool which may help you lessen the +stress on your disks. + =head1 SEE ALSO -rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast, rrdxport +rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast, rrdxport, +rrdflush, rrdcached =head1 BUGS