From: Florian Forster <octo@huhu.verplant.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:52:13 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: collectd.conf(5): Document the dangers of messing with the interval setting.
X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.9.4~3
X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=collectd.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7b32bdd018cd6be37bfd1759fbba8c4623ec6f1e

collectd.conf(5): Document the dangers of messing with the interval setting.
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diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index be7d99c8..5fc75c52 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ Configures the interval in which to query the read plugins. Obviously smaller
 values lead to a higher system load produced by collectd, while higher values
 lead to more coarse statistics.
 
+B<Warning:> You should set this once and then never touch it again. If you do,
+I<you will have to delete all your RRD files> or know some serious RRDtool
+magic! (Assuming you're using the I<RRDtool> or I<RRDCacheD> plugin.)
+
 =item B<ReadThreads> I<Num>
 
 Number of threads to start for reading plugins. The default value is B<5>, but