X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=rrdtool.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frrdcreate.pod;h=a4d9651aee1fadd2a13a9a5a2090fe8813c4e67b;hp=abb42fc977a6fab48dc34ec240e723bb7b16e5d0;hb=596355adbe6bbedc736543e7735c2adfeccd7b7e;hpb=35354e059a77479a7a135c1e4fc71c76523fd7c4 diff --git a/doc/rrdcreate.pod b/doc/rrdcreate.pod index abb42fc..a4d9651 100644 --- a/doc/rrdcreate.pod +++ b/doc/rrdcreate.pod @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ an average rate for that PDP. If the total "unknown" time accounts for more than B the "step", the entire PDP is marked as "unknown". This means that a mixture of known and "unknown" sample times in a single PDP "step" may or may not add up to enough "known" -time to warrent for a known PDP. +time to warrant a known PDP. The "heartbeat" can be short (unusual) or long (typical) relative to the "step" interval between PDPs. A short "heartbeat" means you @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ together with the time. =item Mail Messages Assume you have a method to count the number of messages transported by -your mailserver in a certain amount of time, giving you data like '5 +your mail server in a certain amount of time, giving you data like '5 messages in the last 65 seconds'. If you look at the count of 5 like an B data type you can simply update the RRD with the number 5 and the end time of your monitoring period. RRDtool will then record the number of