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Re: [pcp] Multi-Volume Archive + Live Data Playback for PCP Client Tools

To: Dave Brolley <brolley@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [pcp] Multi-Volume Archive + Live Data Playback for PCP Client Tools
From: Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:29:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Thread-topic: Multi-Volume Archive + Live Data Playback for PCP Client Tools

----- Original Message -----
> I re-read this thread extracting the ideas that I need to focus on for
> the initial task of multi-archive support. When I got to the end, I
> found that Ken had already pretty much summed it up ...
> 

:)

> I like Ken's thinking of this as a set of archives and, I think that the
> restrictions that he has suggested (non-overlapping time windows, all
> from the same host) are practical to begin with (perhaps it could
> someday be possible to deal with overlapping time windows).

*nod*

> The idea of disallowing meta data differences also seem like a good
> starting point, but I imagine that the idea of remapping (also
> mentioned) is possible as an enhancement.

See the pmlogrewrite(1) man page for some more context there Dave.

cheers.

--
Nathan

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