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Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool's data storage and graphing functionality.

Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for LAN-sized installations up to complex networks with hundreds of devices. More information can be found on the Website

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Munin vs Nagios

We're currently using Nagios to monitor about 20 Linux machines (services and functional links). I just find out about Munin and I wonder if this is a Nagios replacement, or it can be used together with Nagios? I don't want to spend hours setting it…
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16TB Volumes and SNMP On Windows

As volumes larger than 16TB became more common, it was recognized that the 32 bit value used to report disk size and usage within the standard "HOST-RESOURCES" MIB in SNMP was not large enough to report the proper disk size. Net-SNMP seems to have…
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Netcat (nc) traditional package for RHEL 6.x?

I'm trying to use the Percona Apache Monitoring [Cacti] Template for Memcached. They do indeed warn that you can't use the openbsd version of the package and provide a solution for Ubuntu/Debian users, i.e.: You need nc on the server. Some versions…
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Why does Cacti keep waiting for dead poller processes?

I am currently setting up a new Debian (6.0.5) server. I put Cacti (0.8.7g) on it yesterday and have been battling with it ever since. Initial issue The initial issue I was observing, was that my graphs weren't updating. So I checked my cacti.log…
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Nagios graphing solutions vs Munin/Cacti/Ganglia

I've got a nagios server setup for monitoring ~ 30 Windows servers. I want to add some trending charts. I've read that nagios graphing plugins are simple and many people use seperate, standalone charting/trending tools. What are the restrictions of…
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Best tool for monitoring backups, etc. and trending statstics from that data

I have done some research on nagios, opennms, and zenoss but am not confident that I have found what I am looking for. The main driving force for me right now is being able to monitor backups. This includes mysql, mssql, and eventually some file…
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How can you debug a Data Input Method script in Cacti?

(See bottom for updates...) I've written a data input method script for Cacti (in Ruby, to collects stats from beanstalkd) and it works from the command line (returning a single simple integer, as documented here) when run as the cacti user account…
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Is there a way to share S.M.A.R.T. data over SNMP?

Is there a way to share S.M.A.R.T. data over SNMP? I'd like to be able to make cacti graphs of it and hook it up to Nagios. What I want to do is be able to get some statistics on my harddisks accessible over SNMP. This will allow me to graph the…
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How to migrate all Cacti devices from 5 minute polls to 1 minute polls?

I have just taken over a Cacti server and am having a nightmare moving from 5 minute polls to 1 minute polls. So far, I have changed the data template along with the Step (from 300 down to 60) and Heartbeat (from 600 down to 120), and I have also…
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How to display a graph only for business hours with CACTI?

I have noticed that I can only display an uninterrupted period with CACTI. I am wondering whether is possible or not to make a custom graph which displaying only the business hours during a period (a week, a month, etc.). For example, I would like…
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How do I collect SNMP readings from intermittently-connected sites?

I am collecting SNMP data on-site for a number of systems, currently using Cacti. These systems are spread on a number of sites that aren't always connected to internet, but I also need to centralize the data on a single system (datacenter housed…
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What is the difference between nagios xi and cacti for monitoring?

Nagios XI (This is a commercial implementation of Nagios) can graph as well as send alerts based on threshold conditions. I am not able to understand the difference between Nagios and Cacti. Any idea regarding the differences between the two? I…
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PNP4Nagios, nagiosgraph, separate Cacti, or something else for Nagios trending

I've been using Nagios for a while now and recently started using Cacti after being dissatisfied with the lack of scaling and lack of any GUI in MRTG. I'm interested in adding trending to my Nagios installation and wondered what was the best route…
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Monitoring tool which does not average data over time

I am looking for a monitoring system like Cacti which doesn't loose data over a time, all the tools I have found use rrd files which averages the data as time goes by. I would like a to be able to go back to (for example) April 1 at 12:00 and see…
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Cacti graph not showing

I have created php script for cacti which outputs data in format like: : Output of my script: temperature:20 humidity:15 Then I created data input method where input string is: php /scripts/getTempHumData.php…
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