absolute, counter,....

[solarix]

I am counting sms messages from a smsc.
The count is incrementing from 00:00 to 23:59 and is reset to zero at midnight daily. I want to graph the TOTAL real number of messages for this 24 hour period. The graph should start at 0 every midnight and slowly increase to the final peak at the following midnight. Is possible to get cacti / rrd to do? I think it is the absolute, counter derive, guage setting but I can not figure out which one it needs to be to get the real numbers not averages.

Thanks!

// Jerry

[raX]

If you want the total number of messages received in a 24 hour period (since the last counter reset), use a GUAGE value. The only downside is that the value will reset once the counter overflows.

-Ian