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[Nicholas Leskiw <nleskiw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Use whisper-resize.py to change retention of an existing wsp file.

Let me know if this fixes you issue. 



-Nick

On Jun 7, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Royce King <question160576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Question #160576 on Graphite changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576
> 
>    Status: Answered => Open
> 
> Royce King is still having a problem:
> So I guess the documentation on the page is incorrect then.
> 
> Here is an example of the 13-month retention example (giving you a month of
> overlap when comparing metrics year-over-year):
> 
> *Note: Priority is not used. **
> *Rules are applied in the order they appear in the file**
> 
> [everything_1min_13months]
> priority = 100
> pattern = .*
> retentions = 60:565920
> 
> 
> So how do I really change it to 13 months?  Do I need to blast my .wsp files
> and start over?  We have been collecting for about 2 months now.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Nicholas Leskiw <
> question160576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Your question #160576 on Graphite changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576
>> 
>>   Status: Open => Answered
>> 
>> Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer:
>> Changing storage-schemas.conf will not change the retentions on existing
>> .wsp files.
>> 
>> It appears that you have about one week. (60 * 9432 = 565,920 seconds ~=
>> 6.5 days) of data in the file.  How long has the data been collecting?
>> 
>> -Nick
>> 
>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 10:41 AM, Royce King
>> <question160576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Question #160576 on Graphite changed:
>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576
>>> 
>>>   Status: Answered => Open
>>> 
>>> Royce King is still having a problem:
>>> When I run the whisper-info.py I get the following:
>>> 
>>> whisper-info.py count.wsp
>>> maxRetention: 565920
>>> xFilesFactor: 0.5
>>> fileSize: 113212
>>> 
>>> Archive 0
>>> retention: 565920
>>> secondsPerPoint: 60
>>> points: 9432
>>> size: 113184
>>> offset: 28
>>> 
>>> and my storage-schemas.conf contains this:
>>> [everything_1min_13months]
>>> priority = 100
>>> pattern = .*
>>> retentions = 60:565920
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Am I wrong by understanding this?  Doesn't this mean that data will be
>>> retained for every minute for 13 months?
>>> 
>>> -Royce
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Nicholas Leskiw <
>>> question160576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Your question #160576 on Graphite changed:
>>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576
>>>> 
>>>>   Status: Open => Answered
>>>> 
>>>> Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer:
>>>> Check the actual retention rate of the .wsp file.
>>>> Go to /opt/graphite/storage/whisper/, and you'll see the same hierarchy
>> as
>>>> in the UI.  Find the .wsp file and run whisper-info.py
>> name-of-metric.wsp
>>>> 
>>>> Look for secondsPerPoint and Points.
>>>> 
>>>> If you multiply those two numbers, is it around 600,000? If so your
>>>> retention rate is set to one week.  You can change the retention rate of
>>>> an existing wsp file with whisper-resize.py Run it with --help for more
>>>> info.
>>>> 
>>>> If you find the retention rate is incorrect, you can set retention rates
>>>> for new metrics in /opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf
>>>> 
>>>> If this doesn't solve the issue, please post your storage-schemas.conf
>>>> and the output of whisper-info.py
>>>> 
>>>> -Nick
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:50 AM, Royce King
>>>> <question160576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> New question #160576 on Graphite:
>>>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/160576
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am trying to view data with graphite for last month and can only seem
>>>> to be able to view data for the last week.  from=-3weeks doesn't work,
>> nor
>>>> does &from=00%3A00_20110531&until=14%3A00_20110531.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Has anybody else had this problem?  Is there some kind of configuration
>>>> that I am missing?
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