perfsonar development work

[Nicolas Simar <>]

Roman Lapacz wrote:
> Nicolas Simar wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In the RRD MA configuration file, the person who build the metadata 
> > configuration file  can chose the "Data storage unit".
> >
> > The visualisation tools querry the information from the MA.
> >
> > What happens if one RRD MA instance export bps, another one kBps?
> > 1) Do the visualisation tool have to deal with it?
> > 2) Do the MA have to normalise it?
> > 3) Are there best practices we should suggest to ensure consistency in 
> > the service offered globally?
>
>
>
> I think we should have one terminology for units to avoid the situation 
> when the same unit will be called differently in two instances of RRD MA 
> (example bps and bit/s).
> Transformation between units should be done by transformation service 
> (TrS). No need to add this functionality to MA (it 's possible but may 
> increase the time of responses from MA).

So there are possibly two topics:
- agreeing on unit names
- what to do in the meanwhile, whilst we don't have any transformation 
service?

Cheers,
Nicolas

> Roman
>
> > Thanks a lot for answering this question.
> >
> > Cheers,

--
Nicolas
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