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more than B<half> the "step", the entire PDP is marked
as "unknown". This means that a mixture of known and "unknown" sample
times in a single PDP "step" may or may not add up to enough "known"
-time to warrent for a known PDP.
+time to warrant a known PDP.
The "heartbeat" can be short (unusual) or long (typical) relative to
the "step" interval between PDPs. A short "heartbeat" means you
=item Mail Messages
Assume you have a method to count the number of messages transported by
-your mailserver in a certain amount of time, giving you data like '5
+your mail server in a certain amount of time, giving you data like '5
messages in the last 65 seconds'. If you look at the count of 5 like an
B<ABSOLUTE> data type you can simply update the RRD with the number 5 and the
end time of your monitoring period. RRDtool will then record the number of