Poller group concept question

[Leandro_Roggerone]

Hi guys.
Sorry for this question , there a lot of links about this but can not get a clear explanation.
About poller groups…
Why is poller groups associated with distributed polling and scalling ?

What is exactly poller groups for ?
I want to group specific devices , on separated group for example “heavy load routers group” so I can:
1 Assing different pooling interval time (for example 10 minutes)
2 Measure polling group time for better tunning.
am I in the right direction ?

How should I create groups , assign polling time and assign devices to this new group.
Should I use gui to configure it ?
Should I use config.php file ?
Is there some example to accomplish this ?
Thanks.

[Jellyfrog]

Poller groups are used to assign devices to specific pollers, ie distributed pollers.
It doesn’t support individual polling times, It’s one setting for everything tho.

Patches welcome.

[Leandro_Roggerone]

Thank you for your answer.
Having multiple pollers groups can prevent a complex device to create gaps in other devices graphs ?
Im talking about creating multiple polle groups on same machine.
Should I use config.php file to create poller groups and asign devices to it ? or can I go just with the gui? Is there some working example ?
Leandro.