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Imported upstream SVN snapshot 1.4~rc2+20090928.
[pkg-rrdtool.git] / doc / rrdtool.txt
index 5c777d8af3a6b9e4386c8bbdf9314ca4a5ba38c0..f6115a798adbd7a4d9a5c37ebfbec89c1dc8983e 100644 (file)
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
                Change the size of individual RRAs. This is dangerous! Check
                rrdresize.
 
-       x\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt   Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check rrdxport
+       x\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt   Export data retrieved from one or several RRDs. Check rrdxport.
+
+       f\bfl\blu\bus\bsh\bhc\bca\bac\bch\bhe\bed\bd
+               Flush the values for a specific RRD file from memory. Check
+               rrdflushcached.
 
        r\brr\brd\bdc\bcg\bgi\bi  This is a standalone tool for producing RRD graphs on the fly.
                Check rrdcgi.
@@ -160,13 +164,13 @@ D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
                R\bRR\bRD\bDt\bto\boo\bol\bl provides the building blocks for near real-time
                aberrant behavior detection. These components include:
 
-               ·   An algorithm for predicting the value of a time series one
+               Â·   An algorithm for predicting the value of a time series one
                    time step into the future.
 
-               ·   A measure of deviation between predicted and observed
+               Â·   A measure of deviation between predicted and observed
                    values.
 
-               ·   A mechanism to decide if and when an observed value or
+               Â·   A mechanism to decide if and when an observed value or
                    sequence of observed values is _\bt_\bo_\bo _\bd_\be_\bv_\bi_\ba_\bn_\bt from the
                    predicted value(s).
 
@@ -256,9 +260,15 @@ D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
        N\bNO\bOT\bTE\bE:\b: that there is no authentication with this feature! Do not setup
        such a port unless you are sure what you are doing.
 
+R\bRR\bRD\bDC\bCA\bAC\bCH\bHE\bED\bD,\b, T\bTH\bHE\bE C\bCA\bAC\bCH\bHI\bIN\bNG\bG D\bDA\bAE\bEM\bMO\bON\bN
+       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 rrdcached, a caching daemon for RRDTool which may help
+       you lessen the stress on your disks.
+
 S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
        rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast,
-       rrdxport
+       rrdxport, rrdflushcached, rrdcached
 
 B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
        Bugs? Features!
@@ -268,4 +278,4 @@ A\bAU\bUT\bTH\bHO\bOR\bR
 
 
 
-1.3.8                             2008-12-22                        RRDTOOL(1)
+1.3.999                           2009-06-09                        RRDTOOL(1)