patches: Added bts573299-rrdgraph-M.

[pkg-rrdtool.git] / doc / rrdtool.html

diff --git a/doc/rrdtool.html b/doc/rrdtool.html
index abe72c807e62bbb30a4aab787575f96bea646780..5819e66936847b0445b379259d65b86e3cee04fd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rrdtool.html
+++ b/doc/rrdtool.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
                <li><a href="#rrd_server">RRD Server</a></li>
        </ul>
 
+       <li><a href="#rrdcached__the_caching_daemon">RRDCACHED, THE CACHING DAEMON</a></li>
        <li><a href="#see_also">SEE ALSO</a></li>
        <li><a href="#bugs">BUGS</a></li>
        <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
@@ -145,7 +146,12 @@ uses fetch to retrieve its data from an RRD. Check <a href="././rrdfetch.html">t
 <dt><strong><a name="xport" class="item"><strong>xport</strong></a></strong></dt>
 
 <dd>
-<p>Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check <a href="././rrdxport.html">the rrdxport manpage</a></p>
+<p>Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check <a href="././rrdxport.html">the rrdxport manpage</a>.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><strong><a name="flushcached" class="item"><strong>flushcached</strong></a></strong></dt>
+
+<dd>
+<p>Flush the values for a specific RRD file from memory. Check <a href="././rrdflushcached.html">the rrdflushcached manpage</a>.</p>
 </dd>
 <dt><strong><a name="rrdcgi" class="item"><strong>rrdcgi</strong></a></strong></dt>
 
@@ -164,7 +170,7 @@ uses fetch to retrieve its data from an RRD. Check <a href="././rrdfetch.html">t
 <p>When monitoring the state of a system, it is convenient to have the
 data available at a constant time interval. Unfortunately, you may not
 always be able to fetch data at exactly the time you want
-to. Therefore <strong>RRDtool</strong> lets you update the logfile at any time you
+to. Therefore <strong>RRDtool</strong> lets you update the log file at any time you
 want. It will automatically interpolate the value of the data-source
 (<strong>DS</strong>) at the latest official time-slot (interval) and write this
 interpolated value to the log. The original value you have supplied is
@@ -339,8 +345,17 @@ such a port unless you are sure what you are doing.</p>
 <p>
 </p>
 <hr />
+<h1><a name="rrdcached__the_caching_daemon">RRDCACHED, THE CACHING DAEMON</a></h1>
+<p>For very big setups, updating thousands of RRD files often becomes a serious IO
+problem. If you run into such problems, you might want to take a look at
+<a href="././rrdcached.html">the rrdcached manpage</a>, a caching daemon for RRDtool which may help you lessen the
+stress on your disks.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<hr />
 <h1><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></h1>
-<p>rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast, rrdxport</p>
+<p>rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast, rrdxport,
+rrdflushcached, rrdcached</p>
 <p>
 </p>
 <hr />