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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Minor
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    • Professional Edition
    • Documentation
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      In the past, the online documentation gave examples on how to customize the RRDTool step and RRAs via the config.php file. It included setting for $config['rrd']['step'] and $config['rrd']['rra']. I had modified these settings to keep 5 minute intervals for 2 years. Everything is still working however i wanted to make a change and needed to refer to the examples. I can no-longer find any reference to these settings in the documentation... hopefully this isn't a sign of this feature being removed... Help

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          [OBS-2176] Online documentation missing info

          This probably won't be documented by us, but there may be ways of handling this in the future that don't require documentation.

          adama Adam Armstrong added a comment - This probably won't be documented by us, but there may be ways of handling this in the future that don't require documentation.
          rhebert Ryan Hébert added a comment - - edited

          Sound great guys, thanks for you comments.

          I found the notes in the defaults.inc.php helpful.

          PS: Facts are pesky and inconvenient, alternative ones are far more satisfying.

          rhebert Ryan Hébert added a comment - - edited Sound great guys, thanks for you comments. I found the notes in the defaults.inc.php helpful. PS: Facts are pesky and inconvenient, alternative ones are far more satisfying.

          I think perhaps having some "templates" for this might be useful in future.

          adama Adam Armstrong added a comment - I think perhaps having some "templates" for this might be useful in future.

          There's not much chance of it being removed. It doesn't cause us any problems unless people start asking us how to make it work!

          adama Adam Armstrong added a comment - There's not much chance of it being removed. It doesn't cause us any problems unless people start asking us how to make it work!

          I don't foresee any issues, really. You clearly know what you're doing if you've been running with alternative facts settings for a long time now. We don't make the defaults longer because it will make the RRDs a lot larger, which adds up fast if you have a reasonable number of devices. If that's OK for you I don't see why not.

          If adama feels we can document it publicly we sure can do that. It's just one of those things if someone fiddles with it that does know what he's doing, they could end up creating RRDs which contain 15 minutes of data and the rest averaged out for an entire week

          sid3windr Tom Laermans added a comment - I don't foresee any issues, really. You clearly know what you're doing if you've been running with alternative facts settings for a long time now. We don't make the defaults longer because it will make the RRDs a lot larger, which adds up fast if you have a reasonable number of devices. If that's OK for you I don't see why not. If adama feels we can document it publicly we sure can do that. It's just one of those things if someone fiddles with it that does know what he's doing, they could end up creating RRDs which contain 15 minutes of data and the rest averaged out for an entire week

          Hmm now you guys are making me think twice..... Too much daytime coffee and evening beers maybe...
          That said, i can't shake the feeling that it was there.

          We like to make the change so historical data doesn't get skewed and washed out by daily averages(over a year). Our traffic is very bias to the typical school day and so very high during the day and very low during the evening. Also like to be able to drill down to a specific point in time and still have the granular data. It's been working well, albeit huge, since it was setup.

          Being not "Strictly" supported, is there a possibility that we are going to run into any obvious issues?

          rhebert Ryan Hébert added a comment - Hmm now you guys are making me think twice..... Too much daytime coffee and evening beers maybe... That said, i can't shake the feeling that it was there. We like to make the change so historical data doesn't get skewed and washed out by daily averages(over a year). Our traffic is very bias to the typical school day and so very high during the day and very low during the evening. Also like to be able to drill down to a specific point in time and still have the granular data. It's been working well, albeit huge, since it was setup. Being not "Strictly" supported, is there a possibility that we are going to run into any obvious issues?

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            sid3windr Tom Laermans
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