Custom modifier limitation?

[elvar]

Hello, I'm monitoring network throughput on a windows server using one of the supported perfmon checks. Unfortunately this records in bytes/sec and I'm wanted to record in MB/sec. I'm trying to use a custom modifier of 0.00000095367431640625 but it will not let me save the item. Is this too big of a modifier for Zabbix to allow?



Kind regards,
Elvar

[jroberson]

I think Zabbix will automatically calculate the bytes (use bytes, b, or B as units) and it will add a K/M/G to displayed value. Do you specifically want to have it in MB even if it is less than 1048576 bytes/bits? (Though I don't know if Zabbix uses the base-2 or base-10 to calculate K, M, & G)

[elvar]

I guess if it's less than 1MB/sec I would prefer a demical breakdown of .5 or something simlar if that's possible. How would I get the graph to show me in MB/sec or mbit/sec if it records it in bytes/sec?


Thanks,
Elvar

[jroberson]

Have you tried entering "MB" as the units?

[elvar]

Have you tried entering "MB" as the units?

Yea, if I put MB it ends up showing "KMB" in the graph. If I just try "M", it shows "KM".

[elvar]

According to this manual section, I definitely do need the modifier. The problem is, it doesn't seem to accept a modifier big enough to convert bytes to Megabytes.


Use multiplier Pre-process received values.
Do not use - do not pre-process received values
Custom multiplier – multiply received values by value
defined in Custom multiplier
Use this option to convert values received in KB, MBps,
etc into B, Bps. Otherwise ZABBIX cannot correctly set
prefixes (K, M and G).

[elvar]

SOLVED - User error

It turns out I think I had the initial conversion modifier wrong which is obviously why Zabbix was refusing to accept it. The correct modifier to convert from 1 byte to 1MB is '0.000000954'.

Sorry to waste everyones time.