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collectd vs Observium

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

collectd

collectd

System & Hardware

collectd is an open source system statistics collection daemon. It collects system performance statistics periodically and provides methods to store the values in a variety of ways, for example in RRD files.

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Observium

Observium

Network & Admin

Observium is an open source network monitoring platform that provides auto-discovery of network devices and monitoring of routers, switches, servers, and other devices. It features SNMP polling, alerts, reporting, graphing, and more.

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