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Bootchart vs Zipkin

A side-by-side look at Bootchart and Zipkin. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Bootchart

Bootchart

System & Hardware

Bootchart is a performance profiling tool used to measure the boot process of Linux systems. It generates charts that visualize the timing of init scripts, programs, and kernel modules during system startup.

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Zipkin

Zipkin

Development

Zipkin is an open source distributed tracing system. It is used to gather timing data needed to troubleshoot latency problems in microservice architectures. Zipkin helps gather timing data related to inter-service calls and provides tools to visualize this data.

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