Attached a patch for the rrd-tool LIBDBI integration with the following improvements:

[rrdtool.git] / doc / rrdtool.pod

diff --git a/doc/rrdtool.pod b/doc/rrdtool.pod
index cd3c785..84749af 100644 (file)
--- 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<RRDtool> work it is important to note that
 B<RRDtool> can be remotely controlled through a set of pipes. This
 saves a considerable amount of startup time when you plan to make
 order to make B<RRDtool> work it is important to note that
 B<RRDtool> can be remotely controlled through a set of pipes. This
 saves a considerable amount of startup time when you plan to make

-B<RRDtool> do a lot of things quickly. Check the section on L<"Remote
-Control"> further down. There is also a number of language bindings
+B<RRDtool> do a lot of things quickly. Check the section on L<Remote_Control>
+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.
 
 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<rrdresize>.
 
 =item B<xport>
 
 
 =item B<xport>
 

-Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check L<rrdxport>
+Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check L<rrdxport>.
+
+=item B<flush>
+
+Flush the values for a spcific RRD file from memory. Check L<rrdflush>.

 
 =item B<rrdcgi>
 
 
 =item B<rrdcgi>
 


@@ -298,9 +302,17 @@ sockets, tools like netcat, or in a quick interactive test by using
 B<NOTE:> that there is no authentication with this feature! Do not setup
 such a port unless you are sure what you are doing.
 
 B<NOTE:> 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<rrdcached>, a caching daemon for RRDTool which may help you lessen the
+stress on your disks.
+

 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 

-rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast, rrdxport
+rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast, rrdxport,
+rrdflush, rrdcached

 
 =head1 BUGS
 
 
 =head1 BUGS