[racktables-users] Re: Handling DHCP scopes

  • From: "Brian G. Shacklett" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:03:55 -0400

I see your point. My main concern is that I don't want IP addresses
that are within a DHCP scope to appear to be available, as they
currently do.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Jens Weibler <jens.weibler@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08/08/2011 03:07 PM, Brian G. Shacklett wrote:
>>
>> While I realize that graphing is not one of Racktables' specialties, I
>> don't see why the data inside it should remain static at all. A static
>> documentation source is much more prone to human error and negligence
>> as documentation is rarely at the top of the priority list. I
>> certainly would prefer a graphing tool for trending and predicting
>> growth, but when looking for current data, Racktables seems the
>> logical choice.
>
> ok, maybe I wasn't clearly enough.
>
> With static data I meant "data which changes infrequently".
> DHCP Leases can change every minute.
> It's like displaying the current cpu load in RackTables for a server. It is
> theoretically possible but not very useful ;)
>
>
> Don't know whether or where add-on development is documented but I remember
> that my student who has written the dhcp addon wasn't happy about any docu..
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