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[Nicholas Leskiw <question199094@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #199094 on Graphite changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/199094

Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer:
You can reverse the order of the hostnames, too.  E.g.,
com.mycompany.www.foo.bar.bytesPerSec

Dots must be replaced otherwise.

-Nick

Brian Hatfield <question199094@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Question #199094 on Graphite changed:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/199094
>
>    Status: Open => Answered
>
>Brian Hatfield proposed the following answer:
>I believe you must replace the character with something else. That's what
>we do, anyways.
>
>On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Greg Majszak <
>question199094@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> New question #199094 on Graphite:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/199094
>>
>> How can one escape whisper DB entries that might contain periods?  For
>> example, in your 'Getting Your Data Into Graphite, Step 2 - Configure your
>> Data Retention' section you provide 'servers.HOSTNAME.METRIC' as an example
>> naming scheme.  What if the hostname is expected to include periods?  Can
>> these periods be escaped for the metric or must they be replaced some other
>> character (like an underscore)?
>>
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