From 2bca2a511c1636bf448112d081d115ebc01b5ed4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Forster Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:38:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] collectd.conf(5): Document the new `RandomTimeout' option. --- src/collectd.conf.pod | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod index 64837553..7ab21724 100644 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod @@ -2934,6 +2934,14 @@ updates per second, writing all values to disk will take approximately "collection3" you'll end up with a responsive and fast system, up to date graphs and basically a "backup" of your values every hour. +=item B I + +When set, the actual timeout for each value is chosen randomly between +I-I and I+I. The +intention is to avoid high load situations that appear when many values timeout +at the same time. This is especially a problem shortly after the daemon starts, +because all values were added to the internal cache at roughly the same time. + =back =head2 Plugin C -- 2.11.0