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Collectd

Open Source

About Collectd

Collectd is a daemon that collects system and application performance metrics at regular intervals and stores the values in various formats, such as RRD files.

Key Capabilities

✓Periodic collection of system and application metrics
✓Support for over 100 plugins for diverse data sources
✓High performance and portability via C implementation
✓Network availability of collected metrics
✓Integration with external visualization and monitoring tools

Integrations

RRDToolNagiosOpenWrt

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Quick Facts

collectd.org

CategoryObservability & Monitoring

SubcategoryInfrastructure Monitoring

PricingOpen Source

DeploymentOn-Premises, Open Source

Target SizeEnterprise

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