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18 points by zachbeane on Dec 10, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments


You should probably mention the tool you are using for this: RRDTool. It's the same tool I use to track the number of items in my email inbox (http://www.jgc.org/blog/2007/06/measuring-my-inbox-depth.htm...) which I publish on my web site.

I've used RRDTool many other places, and it's immensely useful: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/


You can't use item numbers as an index of activity. There's also an internal messaging system that uses items for messages.

How often are you polling our server?


I am polling the server every 30 minutes.


Does "per minute" imply once a minute?


No. Network activity is often graphed in kilobits per second, but is polled rather less frequently than once per second.


I was wondering that same exact thing. Thanks.


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