+ liblatency: Added utils_latency_config code

[collectd.git] / src / collectd.conf.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 4293abf34b76c5c53bb051e19979d67eefbb9c84..0f99169b4055751db48eb12e3e549af2697b7d7f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -7187,6 +7187,14 @@ Increase the internal counter by one. These B<DSType> are the only ones that do
 not use the matched subexpression, but simply count the number of matched
 lines. Thus, you may use a regular expression without submatch in this case.
 
+=item B<Latency>
+
+Special type to handle latency values from logfiles. The matched value must be
+latency in seconds, floating point numbers are supported.
+Should be used with B<LatencyPercentile> or B<LatencyRate> options.
+
+The B<Instance> option cannot be used together with B<DSType> B<Latency>.
+
 =back
 
 As you'd expect the B<Gauge*> types interpret the submatch as a floating point
@@ -7205,6 +7213,29 @@ their configuration can be found in L<types.db(5)>.
 
 This optional setting sets the type instance to use.
 
+=item B<LatencyPercentile> I<Percent>
+
+Calculate and dispatch the configured percentile, i.e. compute the latency, so
+that I<Percent> of all matched latency values are smaller than or equal to the
+computed latency.
+
+Different percentiles can be calculated by setting this option several times.
+
+=item B<LatencyPercentileType> I<Type>
+Sets the type used to dispatch B<LatencyPercentile> values.
+
+=item B<LatencyRate> I<lower_latency> I<upper_latency>
+
+Calculate and dispatch rate of latency values fall within requested interval.
+Interval specified as [I<lower_latency>,I<upper_latency>] (including boundaries).
+When I<upper_latency> value is equal to 0 then interval is [lower, infinity).
+
+Rates for different intervals can be calculated by setting this option several
+times.
+
+=item B<LatencyRateType> I<Type>
+Sets the type used to dispatch B<LatencyRate> values.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<tail_csv>