BSDstats Project v2.0 ...

[Marc G. Fournier]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, questions at totaldiver.net wrote:

> While I'm definately interested in the statistical reporting,  I do have
> one suggestion:
>
> Add a random "sleep" time to the update.
>
> Otherwise,  the reporting server is gonna get HAMMERED once a month,
> assuming this project gains any kind of momentum.
>
> A random sleep timer at the beginning of the script over (for example) a 3
> hour window could make the load bearable for the checkin server.    Just
> something to consider.

To be totally honest, 'load n the checkin server' isn't something I'm 
terribly worried about ... right now, we are at ~200 hosts checking in, 
from various time zones (see http://bsdstats.hub.org/bsd_statistics.php 
for countries that have checked in so far) ... so, even at month end, 
taking into consideration time zones, I don't expect a major hit ... now, 
if we get to 10's of thousands of hosts, which I'd *love*, then I may 
worry, but by then, I'll have a Dual-Core Dual CPU server in place that I 
can move the whole thing over onto ...

IMHO, its going to be a slow ramp up over a long period of time, but, as I 
mentioned earlier ... it has to start somewhere, and we've accomplished 
that ... now to get everyone actually checking in, now that will be a feat 
to see :)

I've also contacted folks @ NetBSD, OpenBSD and DragonflyBSD about 
participating ... again, our aim is to show that the *BSD camp is a market 
to look at, not just a group of hobbiests ...

  > >
>>
>> I've now committed v2.0 of the 300.statistics periodic script ... this one
>> adds the device reporting that we'd talked about previously, and the
>> summary reports now reflect the driver(s) in use for those deciding to
>> report ...
>>
>> This Phase of the script is optional, and not enabled by default ... I
>> can't think of any reason why you wouldn't want to report it, but just in
>> case someone feels it poses a problem, its an opt-in report ...
>>
>> pkg-message updated to reflect the extra line you need to add to
>> /etc/periodic.conf:
>>
>>          monthly_statistics_report_devices=yes
>>
>> I've written it to report driver + chip= information from pciconf -l,
>> since even pciconf -lv doesn't seem to use card= ... the summary report
>> will be extended next to show both vendor and chip statistics ...
>>
>> Let me know of any problems ...
>>
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