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I discovered netdata in 2016 and it's become a standard part of my server builds. Fast, low memory, and crucially it's pretty enough to satisfy/inform non-tech

• leetbulb 8y ago
  Same here. It's on every standalone server I manage. I also use it on my workstation.
• nammi 8y ago
  I agree that the value it provides is really high for how simple it is to set up. At first, my only complaint was the relatively short data retention period, but I found that it was really easy to send the data into InfluxDB or Prometheus by following their wiki. That's not netdata's use-case anyway, and it's trivial to set up a backend db when I want to have long term metrics. https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/netdata-backends https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/netdata-backends
  • manigandham 8y ago
    The netdata metrics store is in-memory and works well for several hours, but there's a memory-mapped mode to keep larger amounts of data. There's also a future roadmap to eventually add on-disk compressed archives for even longer retention. https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/Memory-Requirements https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/Memory-Requirements
    • nammi 8y ago
      oh cool, thanks for sharing that link. In case I wasn't clear, I'm happy with using netdata for short-term data, and hooking up a db in the rare case I want long-term. But that link has a ton of interesting details, can't wait to read later