From 11425be75189624bb255da45483cff064bd6e34f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Forster Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:26:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] collectd.conf(5): Document all metrics created by CollectInternalStats. --- src/collectd.conf.pod | 27 +++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod index 7cf5c750..ba700a98 100644 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod @@ -150,24 +150,27 @@ plugins that don't provide any configuration, e.g. the I. When set to B, various statistics about the I daemon will be collected, with "collectd" as the I. Defaults to B. -The "write_queue" I reports : +The following metrics are reported: =over 4 -"queue_length" I : the number of elements currently queued. You may want -to limit this queue with the B/B -mechanism. +=item C -"derive-dropped" I-I : the number of elements dropped. If -this value is nul, either everything is going well or you set -B/B too high. If this value is not nul -too often, either you set B/B too low -or you have a serious problem. +The number of metrics currently in the write queue. You can limit the queue +length with the B and B options. -=back +=item C + +The number of metrics dropped due to a queue length limitation. +If this value is non-zero, your system can't handle all incoming metrics and +protects itself against overload by dropping metrics. + +=item C -The "cache" I reports the number of elements in the value list -cache (the cache you can interact with using L). +The number of elements in the metric cache (the cache you can interact with +using L). + +=back =item B I [I] -- 2.11.0