[nic] RRDTool Addition

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Mike Bydalek <mbydalek at compunetconsulting.com>:

> Well, I finally had time to get working on this, and I've got just a 
> few questions about the general direction to go.  First, the problem 
> is that there isn't a PHP module for RRDTool which means that I'll 
> have to use the binary.  In general, I *hate* calling binaries from a 
> PHP script, but in this case, I don't see any other choice.  One way 
> I figured to lock it down a little bit would be to require the .rrd 
> file to exist prior to running the program.  So I'll create a 
> cli-script to setup the rrd's and stuff for that to happen.

Okay.

> This brings me to my next problem, where to store the .rrds.  Of 
> course, the VFS seems a logical choice, but if it's in like the /tmp 
> or even SQL based, that will just not work.  These files need to stay 
> and can be quite large (depending of course).  So, the only other 
> solution would be to use a conf variable for a storage location, so 
> any help would be great.

Help with... ? You seem to have gotten to your answer here, either that 
or I don't know what the question is.

-chuck

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