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Re: [Question #146483]: Priority appears unused in storage-schemas.conf

 

Question #146483 on Graphite changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/146483

Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer:
Which version of graphite are you running?

-Nick

On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Kindjal
<question146483@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Question #146483 on Graphite changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/146483
> 
> Kindjal posted a new comment:
> "A.) You're correct, priority is no longer used. The rules are tested in
> order, and the first match is used. Since everything_1min_1day matches
> anything, all metrics will use it."
> 
> Ok, thanks.  I guess I would suggest describing that fact in the
> Quickstart Guide and other documentation.
> 
> "B) the retention is in the following format:
> 
> seconds_per_point:number_of_points_to_store
> 
> So 60 seconds = 1 minute, 1440 minutes = 1 day."
> 
> Yes that's what I thought would be true, but experimentation showed that
> that retention policy was saving 24 minutes of data, not 24 hours of
> data.
> 
> If I start with an empty configuration and use the 60:1440 retention
> policy, then fill up the DB with sample data, it is always limited to 24
> minutes.
> 
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