Hi all,
I have noticed some metrics from harvest are reported empty and I am not sure how to interpret them.
For example, I query graphite using :
http://myurl/render?target=netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy&from=-1h&until=now&format=csv
Some of the results are empty:
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 03:56:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 03:57:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 03:58:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 03:59:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:00:00,12.8253422979745
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:01:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:02:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:03:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:04:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:05:00,13.6445065945394
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:06:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:07:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:08:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:09:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:10:00,
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:11:00,10.1849046255293
netapp.perf.something.something.node.node1.processor.avg_processor_busy,2019-03-30 04:12:00,
I am using graphite .9.12
My questions are:
Should I ignore the missing values and only use the values reported? or
Should I assume the empty metrics are zeros?
Why harvest is not reposting the values, but still reporing a empty with the time stamp?