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Subject: Re: [mrtg] Difference in graph between Daily vs Weekly/Monthly/Yearly
From: Maikel van Gorkom <maikelvangorkom () gmail ! com>
Date: 2019-05-13 13:26:40
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Hi Daniel,
After an upgrade from version 2.7.4 to 2.7.7 everything works like it
should.
Regards.
On Mon, 13 May 2019, 09:52 Daniel Beardsmore, <resident@telcontar.net>
wrote:
> I'm confused … kMG according to the documentation, just changes the
> prefixes. It does not appear to apply any scaling. That is, if you write
> kMG[…]: M,… then a value of 1 will be shown as 1 M, not 1. (It also seems
> to be a very clumsy to change the prefixes unless you specifically want
> non-SI prefixes.)
>
>
>
> The difference in your graphs is not a question of the wrong unit being
> shown. Rather, something is breaking the scaling. Having not used kMG and
> without your configuration to examine, I can't say whether or not it does
> what it is documented to do, or whether you have done something else that
> you've not noticed. Something seems very amiss if kMG is applying scaling,
> as that is not what it seems to be there for.
>
>
>
> I would suggest trying Factor instead. If you set Factor to 1048576, you
> will have your megabytes converted to bytes, which should then scale
> properly.
>
>
>
> *From:* mrtg [mailto:mrtg-bounces+resident=telcontar.net@lists.oetiker.ch]
> *On Behalf Of *Maikel van Gorkom
> *Sent:* 11 May 2019 11:14
> *To:* mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch
> *Subject:* [mrtg] Difference in graph between Daily vs
> Weekly/Monthly/Yearly
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> Have had this issue for a while now. Have had this issue on different
> linux installations, different hardware and even on virtualized
> environment. I think it's a configuration issue, but i can't find the
> solution.
>
>
>
> The issue is as follows:
>
> I've configured MRTG to use a script to graph disk spaces. Using kmg the
> start position is MB's, because the input is MB's (df -m). The daily graph
> correctly converts the the MB's to GB's so 1600000MB is converted to
> 1600GB('ish). When you look at the weekly, monthly and yearly graph, the
> convergion isn't mad, so you see 1600000MB printed into the graph.
>
>
>
> This is the day graph:
>
> https://tweakers.net/ext/f/v3pZaHDeqePXFIuvSM6PLUOw/full.png
>
> And this is the weekly graph:
>
> https://tweakers.net/ext/f/LHKgiUpxjYy8iVnave24aUVf/full.png
>
>
>
> Anybody got an idea what i'm doing wrong?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Maikel
>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Daniel,<div><br></div><div>After an upgrade from version 2.7.4 to \
2.7.7 everything works like it \
should.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards.</div></div><div dir="auto"></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 13 May 2019, 09:52 \
Daniel Beardsmore, <<a href="mailto:resident@telcontar.net" \
target="_blank">resident@telcontar.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB"><div \
class="gmail-m_4725102508530353093m_7138224615943343291WordSection1"><p \
class="MsoNormal"><span \
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,127)">I'm confused \
… kMG according to the documentation, just changes the prefixes. It does not appear \
to apply any scaling. That is, if you write kMG[…]: M,… then a value of 1 will be \
shown as 1 M, not 1. (It also seems to be a very clumsy to change the prefixes unless \
you specifically want non-SI prefixes.)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p \
class="MsoNormal"><span \
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,127)"><u></u> \
<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span \
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,127)">The difference \
in your graphs is not a question of the wrong unit being shown. Rather, something is \
breaking the scaling. Having not used kMG and without your configuration to examine, \
I can't say whether or not it does what it is documented to do, or whether you have \
done something else that you've not noticed. Something seems very amiss if kMG is \
applying scaling, as that is not what it seems to be there \
for.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span \
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,127)"><u></u> \
<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span \
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,127)">I would \
suggest trying Factor instead. If you set Factor to 1048576, you will have your \
megabytes converted to bytes, which should then scale \
properly.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span \
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,127)"><u></u> \
<u></u></span></p><div \
style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1.5pt solid \
blue;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4pt"><div><div \
style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid \
rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" \
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span \
lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> mrtg [mailto:<a \
href="mailto:mrtg-bounces%2Bresident" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">mrtg-bounces+resident</a>=<a \
href="mailto:telcontar.net@lists.oetiker.ch" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">telcontar.net@lists.oetiker.ch</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Maikel van \
Gorkom<br><b>Sent:</b> 11 May 2019 11:14<br><b>To:</b> <a \
href="mailto:mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [mrtg] Difference in \
graph between Daily vs Weekly/Monthly/Yearly<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p \
class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi \
All,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p \
class="MsoNormal">Have had this issue for a while now. Have had this issue on \
different linux installations, different hardware and even on virtualized \
environment. I think it's a configuration issue, but i can't find the \
solution.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> \
<u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The issue is as \
follows:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I've configured MRTG to \
use a script to graph disk spaces. Using kmg the start position is MB's, because \
the input is MB's (df -m). The daily graph correctly converts the the MB's to \
GB's so 1600000MB is converted to 1600GB('ish). When you look at the weekly, \
monthly and yearly graph, the convergion isn't mad, so you see 1600000MB printed \
into the graph.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> \
<u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This is the day \
graph:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a \
href="https://tweakers.net/ext/f/v3pZaHDeqePXFIuvSM6PLUOw/full.png" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://tweakers.net/ext/f/v3pZaHDeqePXFIuvSM6PLUOw/full.png</a> \
<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">And this is the weekly \
graph:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a \
href="https://tweakers.net/ext/f/LHKgiUpxjYy8iVnave24aUVf/full.png" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">https://tweakers.net/ext/f/LHKgiUpxjYy8iVnave24aUVf/full.png</a> \
<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p \
class="MsoNormal">Anybody got an idea what i'm doing \
wrong?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> \
<u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Regards<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p \
class="MsoNormal">Maikel<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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