[Orca-users] Re: Updating Orca graphs at longer intervals

[Blair Zajac]

Hello David,

Currently there is no way to do what you're looking for except by
the method you use with -o -r and then -o command line options.

It wouldn't be too hard, and I would appreciate the patches, to take
some of the code that implements the find_times parameter, such as the
time parsing, and use it to regenerate the images after a specific
time.  If you choose to take on this mission :), I'll send you the
latest Orca beta version to work with.  I think naming the new
parameter "generate_plot_times" would be a good fit with some new
parameters in the next Orca release.

Regards,
Blair

David Aitchison wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have scoured the Orca mailing list archives and found nothing on
> this, so here goes...
> 
> As I see it, at set intervals Orca checks for updated percol* files,
> updates rrd's from that, then generates graphs for whatever requires
> re-graphing.  This is great for a powerful server, or just a few
> clients to graph, but the CPU time required for graphing for all our
> servers is getting too much.
> 
> My question:
> 
> ...Has anyone found a way to have Orca update rrd files regularly, but
> only update graphs once in a while?
> 
> I know this can be done by running Orca with -o and -r switches
> regularly, then just -o every so often, but I prefer to keep Orca
> running constantly, so as not to have to re-read all the past percol*
> files (as it does with a -o switch).
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> David Aitchison
> David.Aitchison at abci.gov.au
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