Cacti vs nmon

Cacti

Description: Cacti is an open-source network monitoring and graphing tool that provides easy monitoring of network devices and servers. It polls devices for utilization data, stores the data, and generates graphs and statistics to help analyze network traffic and utilization.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

nmon

Description: nmon is a free system monitor tool for the AIX and Linux operating systems. It is used to monitor system performance and resource utilization in real time.

Type: software

Pricing: Free

Cacti Features

• Graphing and monitoring tool for network devices
• Supports SNMP polling for data collection
• Customizable graphs and dashboards
• Threshold-based alerting
• Supports RRDTool for data storage
• Web-based interface
• Plugin architecture for extendibility

nmon Features

• Monitors CPU usage
• Monitors memory usage
• Monitors network I/O
• Monitors disk I/O
• Generates reports and graphs

Cacti

• Open Source

nmon

• Free