diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index b31bb877892b99e80dcdab408b6de9c077b07437..49a3b7813bf055f48e2693ae659cc37b08bfa664 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
"collection3" you'll end up with a responsive and fast system, up to date
graphs and basically a "backup" of your values every hour.
+=item B<RandomTimeout> I<Seconds>
+
+When set, the actual timeout for each value is chosen randomly between
+I<CacheTimeout>-I<RandomTimeout> and I<CacheTimeout>+I<RandomTimeout>. The
+intention is to avoid high load situations that appear when many values timeout
+at the same time. This is especially a problem shortly after the daemon starts,
+because all values were added to the internal cache at roughly the same time.
+
=back
=head2 Plugin C<sensors>