[collectd] Graphite/Carbon Writer Plugin

Lindsay Holmwood lindsay at holmwood.id.au
Tue May 3 16:28:18 CEST 2011


On 3 May 2011 09:09, Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc at gmail.com> wrote:
> In a shameless plug, I wanted to inform the community of a Collectd writer
> plugin I wrote that sends data to Graphite/Carbon
> (http://graphite.wikidot.com/start). In a nutshell, it is an alternative
> data back-end and front-end to RRDs.

Very cool, thanks for writing and releasing this! Great to see more
work being done on the visualisation front.

>
> I've worked with Collectd data in both RRD and Graphite, and I feel that
> Graphite is a better experience. I have yet to see a RRD front-end as
> polished or feature complete as Graphite. But, I haven't seen every RRD
> front-end, so you may reach a different conclusion.

I'd be very interested to hear how you think Visage compares with Graphite.

Cheers,
Lindsay



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