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<p>What do you exactly mean when you say that a COMPUTE and an ABSOLUTE are the same thing? From the rrdcreate man page I'd say they aren't:
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ABSOLUTE
is for counters which get reset upon reading. This is used
for fast counters which tend to overflow. So instead of
reading them normally you reset them after every read to
make sure you have a maximum time available before the next
overflow. Another usage is for things you count like number
of messages since the last update.
COMPUTE
is for storing the result of a formula applied to other
data sources in the RRD. This data source is not supplied a
value on update, but rather its Primary Data Points (PDPs)
are computed from the PDPs of the data sources according to
the rpn-expression that defines the formula. Consolidation
functions are then applied normally to the PDPs of the
COMPUTE data source (that is the rpn-expression is only
applied to generate PDPs). In database software, such data
sets are referred to as "virtual" or "computed" columns.
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<p>I am new to both rrdtool and RRDTool::OO, so if I am missing something obvious please bear with me and tell me ;)
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<p>Ciao!<br><tt>--bronto</tt></p>
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