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diff --git a/torrus/sup/webplain/explain-rrdgraph.html b/torrus/sup/webplain/explain-rrdgraph.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7dc8051b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/torrus/sup/webplain/explain-rrdgraph.html @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> +<HTML> +<!-- Torrus Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Stanislav Sinyagin --> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>RRD Graph Description</TITLE> +<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> +<STYLE type="text/css" media="all"> + @import url( torrus.css ); +</STYLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> + + +<DIV CLASS="HelpContent"> + +<H1>RRD Graph Description</H1> + +<P> +The graphs in Torrus are drawn by +<a href="http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/">RRDtool</a>, +a powerful instrument for data aggregation and graphing. +</P> + +<P> +The horizontal axis displays the time at which the data has been collected. +The rightmost point corresponds to the most recent moment. +</P> + +<P> +The date and time of the graph can be easily changed by using the +<em>Set date</em> checkbox at the bottom of the page. When the checkbox is +checked, the date/time string in the text field is interpreted after clicking +the submit button. It is then reflected in the <em>Report date</em> +informational line at the page displaying the graphs. The date format is +quite flexible. It understands such input as "<TT>July 13 5:00</TT>", +or "<TT>01/13/2003 5:00</TT>", etc. +</P> + + +<P> +The vertical axis scales automatically to fit the data values. The meaning of +the values depends on the nature of the datasource, and is usually described +in the graph legend, comments, and the help text. +</P> + + +<P> +Usually the legend of the vertical axis specifies the meaning of the values: +<ul> +<li>Bps: bytes per second counter</li> +<li>bps: bits per second counter</li> +<li>pps: pakets per second counter</li> +</ul> +Other legends correspond mostly to gauges, such as temperature, load +percentage, or disk space. +</P> + +<P> +The graphing engine automatically chooses the best units for scaling +the values. The scaling magnitude is displayed alongside the numerical value, +with the following meaning: +<ul> +<li>a: 10e-18 Atto</li> +<li>f: 10e-15 Femto</li> +<li>p: 10e-12 Pico</li> +<li>n: 10e-9 Nano</li> +<li>u: 10e-6 Micro</li> +<li>m: 10e-3 Milli</li> +<li>k: 10e+3 Kilo</li> +<li>M: 10e+6 Mega</li> +<li>G: 10e+9 Giga</li> +<li>T: 10e+12 Tera</li> +<li>P: 10e+15 Peta</li> +<li>E: 10e+18 Exa</li> +</ul> +Memory usage is scaled with the base of 1024. +</P> + +</DIV> +<DIV CLASS="Footer"> +Powered by <A HREF="http://torrus.sourceforge.net">Torrus</A> +</DIV> +</BODY> +</HTML>
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