Graphite: Help me interpret the whisper-info.py output

garage_greg

I have been trying to make sense out of the whisper-info.py output and it seems a little cryptic to me. Currently this is my setup: storage-schema.conf [carbon] pattern = ^carbon\. retentions = 60:90d [stats] pattern = ^stats.* retentions = 30s:6h,1min:30d,10min:360d,30min:720d,1h:1825d,1d:1825d [everything_else] pattern = .* retentions = 30s:6h,1min:30d,10min:360d,30min:720d,1h:1825d,1d:1825d storage-aggregation.conf [min] pattern = \.lower$...

Originally asked by AlexR on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I have found out that problem was with the syntax of my storage-schema.conf file. I found this handy tool validate-storage-schemas.py (found in /opt/graphite/bin/) and the output was pretty clear. ./validate-storage-schemas.py Loading storage-schemas configuration from default location at: '/opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf' Section 'carbon': OK Section 'stats': - Error: Section 'stats' contains an invalid retention definition ('30s:6h,1min:30d,10min:360d,30min:720d,1h:1825d,1d:1825d') Lower precision archives must cover larger time intervals than higher precision archives (archive4: 157680000 seconds, archive5: 157680000 seconds) OK Section 'everything_else': - Error: Section...

Full answer by AlexR: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/25429548 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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