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Nagios vs Zipkin

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

Nagios

Nagios

Network & Admin

Nagios is an open-source monitoring system that allows administrators to monitor network infrastructure like servers, switches, applications, and services. It can notify users when issues arise and help identify problems in a timely manner.

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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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