How long is the data kept in RRD ?

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nagmoto
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How long is the data kept in RRD ?

Post by nagmoto »

Understand this is not a direct nagioscore related question.

how long the performance data will be rotated out of RRD db from pnp4nagios ?

Any pointer which file I should look at ?
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tgriep
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Re: How long is the data kept in RRD ?

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Those settings are stored in a file called rra.cfg. Take a look at it and you will see the settings for how long is stores the data.
It might be 4 years.
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nagmoto
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Re: How long is the data kept in RRD ?

Post by nagmoto »

Thanks for your extra effort to answer this RRD question.
It is a 4 years retention period.

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RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:360:5840
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