data output readme update

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Cameron Sparr 2016-02-12 16:52:33 -07:00
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## Influx:
There are no additional configuration options for InfluxDB line-protocol. The
metrics are parsed directly into Telegraf metrics.
metrics are serialized directly into InfluxDB line-protocol.
#### Influx Configuration:
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### more about them here:
### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
data_format = "influx"
### Additional configuration options go here
```
## Graphite:
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Which means the following influx metric -> graphite conversion would happen:
```
cpu,cpu=cpu-total,dc=us-east-1,host=tars usage_idle=98.08869456589632,usage_user=0.886945658963148 1455320660004257758
cpu,cpu=cpu-total,dc=us-east-1,host=tars usage_idle=98.09,usage_user=0.89 1455320660004257758
=>
tars.cpu-total.us-east-1.cpu.usage_user 0.5620784411691232 1455320690
tars.cpu-total.us-east-1.cpu.usage_idle 98.5885585810642 1455320690
tars.cpu-total.us-east-1.cpu.usage_user 0.89 1455320690
tars.cpu-total.us-east-1.cpu.usage_idle 98.09 1455320690
```
`prefix` is a configuration option when using the graphite output data format.