From: Nathan Ward Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 04:26:47 +0000 (+1300) Subject: Update documentation to reflect how threads really work these days. X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4efd23ca34de90311c50838537f0d36814c5d321;p=collectd.git Update documentation to reflect how threads really work these days. Tidy up a few end of line whitespaces (editor does it automatically). --- diff --git a/src/collectd-snmp.pod b/src/collectd-snmp.pod index 9d508d17..493f5ec2 100644 --- a/src/collectd-snmp.pod +++ b/src/collectd-snmp.pod @@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ internal format and dispatches them. Depending on the write plugins you have loaded they may be written to disk or submitted to another instance or whatever you configured. -Because querying a host via SNMP may produce a timeout multiple threads are -used to query hosts in parallel. Depending on the number of hosts between one -and ten threads are used. +Because querying a host via SNMP may produce a timeout the "complex reads" +polling method is used. The ReadThreads parameter in the main configuration +influences the number of parallel polling jobs which can be undertaken. If +you expect timeouts or some polling to take a long time, you should increase +this parameter. Note that other plugins also use the same threads. =head1 CONFIGURATION @@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ Selects the authentication protocol for SNMPv3 security. =item B I -Sets the authentication passphrase for SNMPv3 security. +Sets the authentication passphrase for SNMPv3 security. =item B I|I @@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ Selects the privacy (encryption) protocol for SNMPv3 security. =item B I -Sets the privacy (encryption) passphrase for SNMPv3 security. +Sets the privacy (encryption) passphrase for SNMPv3 security. =item B I [I ...]