1RRDRESIZE(1)                        rrdtool                       RRDRESIZE(1)
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NAME

6       rrdresize - alters the size of an RRA and creates a new .rrd file
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SYNOPSIS

9       rrdtool resize filename rra-num  GROW|SHRINK rows
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DESCRIPTION

12       The resize function is used to modify the number of rows in an RRA.
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14       filename
15               the name of the RRD you want to alter.
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17       rra-num the RRA you want to alter. You can find the number using
18               rrdtool info.
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20       GROW    used if you want to add extra rows to an RRA. The extra rows
21               will be inserted as the rows that are oldest.
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23       SHRINK  used if you want to remove rows from an RRA. The rows that will
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26       rows    the number of rows you want to add or remove.
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NOTES

29       The new .rrd file, with the modified RRAs, is written to the file
30       resize.rrd in the current directory.  The original .rrd file is not
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33       It is possible to abuse this tool and get strange results by first
34       removing some rows and then reinserting the same amount (effectively
35       clearing them to be Unknown). You may thus end up with unknown data in
36       one RRA while at the same timestamp this data is available in another
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AUTHOR

40       Alex van den Bogaerdt <alex@vandenbogaerdt.nl>
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441.3.8                             2009-02-21                      RRDRESIZE(1)