Nordic Nagios Meet 2008

RRDtool as a Communication Tool
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A 45 minute Talk by Tobias Oetiker

Topics
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* RRDtool 101
  * Motivation for digging in
  * Common RRDtool Pitfalls

* In-Depth Graphing 

  * The joy of RPN
  * How was it done: Graph disassembly
  * How to make graphs that talk
  * Design Considerations

* Scaling RRDtool 

  * Background The RRD file format
  * Optimizing OS interaction
  * Tweaking Linux for speed

* RRDtool 1.3 Update
  * Performance Improvements
  * Holt Winters Revisited
  * Cairo based Graphing
  * AJAX helpers