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collectd vs Telegraf

A side-by-side look at collectd and Telegraf. 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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Telegraf

Telegraf

Network & Admin

Telegraf is an open-source server agent that collects, processes, aggregates, and writes metrics. It can collect metrics from a wide range of input plugins including statsd, Elasticsearch, MySQL, and more. Telegraf is useful for monitoring systems and applications.

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