Reporting

System → Reporting displays several graphs, as seen in the example in Figure 4.3a:

Figure 4.3a: Reporting Graphs

FreeNAS® uses collectd to provide reporting statistics. The following collectd plugins are enabled in /conf/base/etc/local/collectd.conf, and thus provide reporting graphs:

• system load: provides a rough overview of system utilization over a one, five, and fifteen minute average.

• processes: displays the number of processes, grouped by state.

• disk space: displays free and used space for each volume and dataset. However, the disk space used by an individual zvol is not displayed as it is a block device.

• uptime: keeps track of the system uptime, the average running time, and the maximum reached uptime.

• CPU usage: collects the amount of time spent by the CPU in various states such as executing user code, executing system code, and being idle.

• swap utilization: displays the amount of free and used swap space.

• physical memory: displays physical memory usage.

• interface: shows received and transmitted traffic in bits per second for each configured interface. If the Plugins Jail is installed, the epair interface is used by the jail.

Reporting data is saved, allowing you to view and monitor usage trends over time. Reporting data is saved to /data/rrd_dir.tar.bz2 and should be preserved across system upgrades and at shutdown.

Use the magnifier buttons next to each graph to increase or decrease the displayed time increment from 10 minutes, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. You can also use the << and >> buttons to scroll through the output.