Broken values with integer graphing

[alexnderit]

Am having issues graphing some integer values with cacti. I used the random2.pl example provided in this site- google random2.pl- to graph but i keep getting value that are not always ranging from 0-9. I sometimes get values such as 1.2, 6.7 etc. The same problem exists with other perl scripts I have developed to graph some integer values. Kindly assist.

[gandalf]

This was asked very often on the rrdtool-users mailing list. Please be aware of the fact, that rrdtool always stores rates, even with GAUGEs. And it will take care of time jitter when updating on non-uniform intervals.
In other words: if you make sure, that updates will occur at exactly 300 sec intervals, rrdtool (and therefor cacti) will report whole numbers
Reinhard

[kjmattakat]

This was asked very often on the rrdtool-users mailing list. Please be aware of the fact, that rrdtool always stores rates, even with GAUGEs. And it will take care of time jitter when updating on non-uniform intervals.
In other words: if you make sure, that updates will occur at exactly 300 sec intervals, rrdtool (and therefor cacti) will report whole numbers
Reinhard

why then do the Current/Avg/Max values show up as whole numbers? is there a way to graph only whole numbers? I am using "exact numbers" on the graph item.

[gandalf]

Exact Numbers is only a GPRINT format that cuts off decimals. If you're happy with that, ok.
Reinhard