[Perfparse-devel] RE: Problems with data structure

[Cook, G. <GW...@ma...>]

Ben Clewett wrote:
> Garry, Yves,
>=20
> To address the two problems Yves found:
>=20
> 1.	Range values for Warn and Crit not supported.
> 2.	Only store the last found value for Max and Min.
>=20
> I propose a new data structure for the Binary data which will also
> increase the speed of the queries and lower the size of the
> data files.
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> ---------------------------------------------------
>=20
> Alternatively, we can hack the existing binary table.  But
> it's a mess
> already.  Biting the bullet one more time before version 1.0.0 might
> make all the difference....=20
>=20
> Regards, Ben.

I won't pretend to understand all of that, but I think I grok enough of
it.
It sounds like a good plan to me.
Most of the time I don't think we will see a range for WARN/CRIT,
although it is important to treat it properly when we do. I also feel
that most of the time MIN/MAX will be NULL, but also needs to be treated
properly.

The MIN/MAX will be used to scale the graphs, correct?
If so, you'll only need to figure out a CRIT-based formula for autoscale
when MIN/MAX is NULL.
Unless of course UOM=3D'%', in which case MIN/MAX may be omitted by =
plugin
developers and should be assumed - 0/100.

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