Adding an option to turn of derivatives of values. This

means you can use graphite derivative or perSecond functions
to get more accurate values over time

docs/collectors/BindCollector.md

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ data_format | xml_v2 | Bind stats version:<br>
  - xml_v3 (New xml version)<br>
  - json_v1 (JSON replacement for XML)<br>
  | str
+ derivative | True | Report derived stats or raw (always incrementing | bool
 
 #### Example Output
 

src/collectors/bind/bind.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import diamond.collector
 import sys
 import urllib2
+from diamond.collector import str_to_bool
 
 if sys.version_info >= (2, 5):
     import xml.etree.cElementTree as ElementTree
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ def get_default_config_help(self):
             " - xml_v2 (Original bind stats version from 9.5)\n" +
             " - xml_v3 (New xml version)\n" +
             " - json_v1 (JSON replacement for XML)\n",
+            'derivative': "",
         })
         return config_help
 
@@ -68,13 +70,15 @@ def get_default_config(self):
             'publish_view_bind': False,
             'publish_view_meta': False,
             'data_format': 'xml_v2',
+            'derivative': True,
         })
         return config
 
     def clean_counter(self, name, value):
-        value = self.derivative(name, value)
-        if value < 0:
-            value = 0
+        if str_to_bool(self.config['derivative']):
+            value = self.derivative(name, value)
+            if value < 0:
+                value = 0
         self.publish(name, value)
 
     def collect(self):