[rtg] rated, new version of rtgpoll

[Harry Marcson]

Is  it based on RTG 0.7.4 or 0.8 or 0.9?


>  So I've just published a new project called 'rated' which is a fork of
>> RTG, specifically rtgpoll.
>>
>> http://github.com/mprovost/rated/tree/master
>>
>> Basically I've pulled out all of the supporting scripts and graphing
>> code. I've made a bunch of changes that I've had in mind for years for
>> RTG.
>>
>> Some of the improvements:
>>
>> * Fixed several memory leaks.
>> * Fixed autotools linking so the database libraries only link against
>> the correct shared libraries. Before everything used a single list so
>> even rtgpoll was linking against the mysql and postgres libraries. This
>> really reduces the memory footprint of the daemon.
>> * General code cleanup - took out a lot of IFDEFs, spacing, etc.
>> * Signal handling is much cleaner.
>> * Database disconnection - it should now handle having the database
>> disconnect and reconnect when it can. For counters it also just keeps
>> incrementing the counter in memory, so you shouldn't lose any data (just
>> precision) while the db is unavailable.
>> * Lots of cleanup in the snmp polling loop.
>> * Better debug output.
>>
>> It's been mostly tested against postgres but mysql should also work
>> fine. I haven't tested the oracle driver but that's on my list. I'm sure
>> there are still lots of references to rtg that I haven't cleaned up yet.
>>
>> This first release hasn't changed the codebase very much. It should
>> still be a drop-in replacement for rtgpoll. In the future I've got some
>> ideas for this that will take it in other directions. I'd like to get
>> the targets moved into a database. I'm also interested in a compressed
>> backend. I've begun playing with a scheduler that can vary the polling
>> interval dynamically based on the rate of change of the data. I'm not
>> sure if everyone will like the changes which is why I decided to make a
>> fresh start.
>>
>> I've seen RTG stagnate in the past so hopefully this will be a more
>> public development process. If anyone has any ideas please fork the code
>> on github!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt
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