diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-api.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-api.rs
index 892ae58b..82bac386 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-api.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-api.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     config::update_self_signed_cert(false)?;
 
+    proxmox_backup::rrd::create_rrdb_dir()?;
+
     if let Err(err) = generate_auth_key() {
         bail!("unable to generate auth key - {}", err);
     }
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     let config = server::ApiConfig::new(
         buildcfg::JS_DIR, &proxmox_backup::api2::ROUTER, RpcEnvironmentType::PRIVILEGED)?;
- 
+
     let rest_server = RestServer::new(config);
 
     // http server future:
@@ -86,6 +88,6 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
     proxmox_backup::server::last_worker_future().await?;
 
     log::info!("done - exit server");
-    
+
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
index f85f300c..04f7b165 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
     }
 
     start_task_scheduler();
+    start_stat_generator();
 
     server.await?;
     log::info!("server shutting down, waiting for active workers to complete");
@@ -117,6 +118,13 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn start_stat_generator() {
+    let abort_future = server::shutdown_future();
+    let future = Box::pin(run_stat_generator());
+    let task = futures::future::select(future, abort_future);
+    tokio::spawn(task.map(|_| ()));
+}
+
 fn start_task_scheduler() {
     let abort_future = server::shutdown_future();
     let future = Box::pin(run_task_scheduler());
@@ -579,3 +587,31 @@ async fn schedule_datastore_sync_jobs() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+async fn run_stat_generator() {
+
+    loop {
+        let delay_target = Instant::now() +  Duration::from_secs(10);
+
+        generate_host_stats().await;
+
+        tokio::time::delay_until(tokio::time::Instant::from_std(delay_target)).await;
+    }
+
+}
+
+async fn generate_host_stats() {
+    use proxmox::sys::linux::procfs::read_proc_stat;
+    use proxmox_backup::rrd;
+
+    match read_proc_stat() {
+        Ok(stat) => {
+            if let Err(err) = rrd::update_value("host/cpu", stat.cpu) {
+                eprintln!("rrd::update_value 'host/cpu' failed - {}", err);
+            }
+        }
+        Err(err) => {
+            eprintln!("read_proc_stat failed - {}", err);
+        }
+    }
+}