1 Status Report on the RRDtool OSS Project
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3 Author: Tobias Oetiker
4 Date: 2008-11-24
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8 Accomplishments
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11 * RRDtool 1.3
13 * The new major version has been released in early summer, containing
14 major updates to both the database and the graphing layer.
16 * Subsequent releases of the 1.3.x series focused on stability, backward
17 compatibility and performance improvements.
19 * RRDtool 1.2.x
21 * Several minor stability and portability issues have been addressed
22 with new minor releases. The 1.2 series remains the most widely
23 used version of RRDtool since it is present in a wide variety of
24 Linux distributions.
26 * Development of RRDtool 1.4
28 With the release of RRDtool 1.3 trunk was opened for work on RRDtool 1.4.
29 New features include:
31 - RRDcached aiming at massive performance enhancements for large
32 installations with hundreds of thousands of RRD files.
34 - SQL database access for RRDtool graph. This allows to use RRDtool's
35 excellent graphing capabilities on time series data
36 acquired directly from a SQL database (through libdbi).
38 RRDtool 1.4 is in a stabilization phase now, prior to release of the
39 first release candidates in early 2009.
42 Other Ongoing Activities
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45 * Code Maintenance: mails on the mailing-lists and directly to me
46 indicate compatibility issues or suggest little changes. These are
47 often implemented immediately.
49 * Mailing-list, Web-server, Trac maintenance. The on-line resources
50 for RRDtool are kept up-to-date, in working order and spam free.
52 * Several tutorials and Bofs on RRDtool at LISA 2009 (conference on
53 Large Installation System Administration, Nov 2008, San Diego, U.S.)
55 * Run-up for RRDtool 1.4 release in 2009
57 * Fully automated and minimally tested nightly releases of the 1.2, 1.3 and
58 trunk code.
61 Planned Activities
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64 * Release of RRDtool 1.4.0
66 * Continued support for 1.2.x, 1.3.x
68 * Development of RRDtool 1.5
70 The major feature of 1.5 will be the portable data format that allows to
71 read and write rrd files across all platforms where rrdtool is supported.
72 Preliminary information about this feature can be found in
74 http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool-trac/wiki/PortableRrdFormat
77 Sponsorship 2009
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80 The 2009 sponsorship program has been setup. If you have not signed up
81 yet, I would be thrilled to have you as a sponsor for the next year.
82 Please get in touch.
84 In 2008, RRDtool has been sponsored by these companies:
86 Gold Sponsors:
88 * GroundWork Open Source - IT Monitoring & Network Solutions
89 www.groundworkopensource.com
91 * ZenOSS - Open Source Enterprise Monitoring
92 www.zenoss.com
94 Silver Sponsors:
96 * Host Europe - World Class Internet Hosting & Services
97 * ATC-Onlane - Automotive Remarketing
98 * terreActive - IT Security
99 * Google Inc., USA
100 * Hitflip Media Trading GmbH, Germany
101 * op5 - Systems and Network Monitoring
102 * Lancope, USA
103 * Sidarion, Switzerland
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106 Tobi Oetiker, Olten, Switzerland
107 2008-11-24