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diff --git a/system/collectd/README b/system/collectd/README index 64abd67633..8b886ee96e 100644 --- a/system/collectd/README +++ b/system/collectd/README @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically -and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety of ways, for example -in RRD files and backends like Graphite. +collectd (statistics collection daemon) -collectd gathers statistics about the system it is running on and stores this -information. Those statistics can then be used to find current performance -bottlenecks (i.e. performance analysis) and predict future system load (i.e. -capacity planning). Or if you just want pretty graphs of your private server -and are fed up with some homegrown solution you're at the right place, too ;). +collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics +periodically and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety +of ways, for example in RRD files and backends like Graphite. + +collectd gathers statistics about the system it is running on and +stores this information. Those statistics can then be used to find +current performance bottlenecks (i.e. performance analysis) and +predict future system load (i.e. capacity planning). Or if you just +want pretty graphs of your private server and are fed up with some +homegrown solution you're at the right place, too ;). Optional, tested, recommended dependencies: rrdtool, yajl @@ -17,6 +20,7 @@ libvirt, lua, postgresql This package has several more optional dependencies, which are autodetected, but are mostly not tested by me (feedback welcome!): -ganglia, gpsd, hiredis, i2c-tools, kafka, libdbi, libesmtp, libmemcached, -libmicrohttpd, libmodbus, libsigrok, libstatgrab, mongo-c, mosquitto, -protobuf, protobuf-c, rabbitmq-c, tokyotyrant, varnish, xen +ganglia, gpsd, hiredis, i2c-tools, kafka, libdbi, libesmtp, +libmemcached, libmicrohttpd, libmodbus, libsigrok, libstatgrab, +mongo-c, mosquitto, protobuf, protobuf-c, rabbitmq-c, tokyotyrant, +varnish, xen |