Ganglia vs tcpdump
A side-by-side look at Ganglia and tcpdump. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Ganglia
Network & Admin
Ganglia is an open-source monitoring system for high-performance computing systems such as clusters and grids. It collects and visualizes various metrics like CPU utilization, memory usage, network traffic etc. in real-time. It allows for easy identification of bottlenecks and faults in distributed systems.
monitoringmetricsutilizationbottlenecksfaultsdistributed-systems
tcpdump
Network & Admin
tcpdump is a command-line network monitoring and data acquisition tool used to capture packet data flowing over a network. It can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a network.
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