Netdata Action every 20 minutes ?

Hi !

I have an “bad” effect when i run netdata…
actual my PC (ubuntu 22.04) is running with nearly no services so load average is nearly 0.0 …
when i start the netdata service every 20 minutes i have a peak of 1.5 in my load (1 min) and this effect i only have if i run the netdata service… (see picture)
I searched in config files what it might do but w/o success
So what does netdata do ?

Ciao Gerd

Hi there,

Best guess (because I can’t say with confidence that in your system with your config this is the answer) this may be due to the operation of dbengine. I understand your concern (what’s going on in my system) but IMHO it’s not so many resources to consider it as a “bad effect” (again I am not aware of the specifics for your system). Especially for a monitoring solution with 1s granularity.

I will refer you to explore the Netdata monitoring subsection in the Netdata dashboard
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Here you can see exactly what resources Netdata is consuming. You can also explore our docs on dbengine.

  1. Database | Learn Netdata
  2. Database engine | Learn Netdata

Thank you for your interest in Netdata,
Always at your disposal.
Tasos.