Hi all
With the addition of diskstat/iostat info (along with zonestat, mpstat, a few other custom graphs, and the standard Xymon graphs), the trends column is really starting to look a little full. Cluttered might even be a better word.
It would be nice to have a diskstat column for my server with all the diskstat info on one page, but the way it works right now, we can't have multiple graphs on a test page, particularly when these graphs are of different scales. (counters, percentage, kb etc)
So, if that isn't possible, how difficult would it be to add a feature to create a "user defined trends" page. I know I can reshape my existing trends page, but cluttered as it is, I actually want all the graphs, and don't want tot take any out.
What would be nice is if I could define a page, let's call it diskio, and then define that to contain all the diskstat graphs, and then take them out of trends. Likewise, I could do the same with mpstat and zonestat. This will give me at least 4 "trends" columns, and like the existing trends page, it would contain nothing but graphs. But each trend column would be less cluttered, and contain more specific information, making it easier to find and comprehend.
How difficult would it be for the developer types to add this as a feature? Not sure how the underlying code looks, but from what I see, in the config, we have TRENDSCOLUMN="trends" GRAPHS="heaps,of,graphs,defined,here" Everything in $GRAPHS ends up under the trends column.
How difficult would this be? TRENDSCOLUMN="trends, diskstat, mpstat, zonestat, network" # default plus 4 new columns. GRAPHS="heaps,of,graphs,defined,here" # Default stuff that appears under first item in $TRENDSCOLUMN GRAPHS_diskstat="diskstat-reads::7,etc.etc." # Stuff that will appear under a column labeled "diskstat" GRAPHS_mpstat="mpstat,graphs,defined,here" # Stuff that will appear under a column labeled "mpstat" GRAPHS_zonestat="zone,related,graphs,defined,here" # Stuff that will appear under a column labeled "zonestat" GRAPHS_network="network,traffic,and,tc,stuff" # Stuff that will appear under a column labeled "network"
As I typed that, I noticed the word "graphs" appeared in multiple definitions. Probably be a bonus feature :-)
Regards Vernon