[Ovirt-devel] re: got it!

[David Lutterkort]

On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:23 -0500, Steve Linabery wrote:
> > Ideally, you'd choose the unit adaptively, i.e. whether to use MB or GB
> > (or PB ;), for example so that 0 < STRIDE < 100 as a unitless number,
> > but that requires a little more experimentation with what ultimately
> > looks good.
> >  
> > David
> > 
> 
> hugh and I had some chat about this; for instance, we could make our
> graph "smart" enough to use a logarithmic scale when the data has lots
> of large and small values.

You shouldn't use logarithmic scales as a data compression technique -
only use it when the data has some inherent exponential relation (like
the nominal price of oil over 30 years).

None of the data on the graph seems to have such a relation.

> I think for the initial re-implementation, we'll use the maximum value
> in the data series + 5% as the top of the scale, and place ticks at
> more or less round number intervals within.

Yeah, that would be even better.

David