[CentOS] NTOP alternatives?

Wed Aug 29 10:56:52 UTC 2012
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 29.08.2012 um 12:24 schrieb Antonio da Silva Martins Junior:
> ----- "Bent Terp" <bent at terp.se> escreveu:
> 
>> De: "Bent Terp" <bent at terp.se>
>> Para: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
>> Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 29 de Agosto de 2012 5:29:07 (GMT-0300) Auto-Detected
>> Assunto: Re: [CentOS] NTOP alternatives?
>> 
>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Rafał Radecki
>> <radecki.rafal at gmail.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> After some search I think I will use ntop ;)
>>> 
>> 
>> Having lurked in this thread, I think I'll start using ntop as well.
>> Did a quick test today on my laptop and got it up and running in no time.
>> 
>> But to answer the question people at the office keeps asking me, I
>> need to dump Network Load data with a 1-second granularity. Does anoybody know
>> how to do that? Basic question is, do we have large fluctuations on our
>> internet connection usage.
>> 
> 
> Hi Bent,
> 
>   Give a try to Collectd: www.collectd.org is a RRDTOOL data collect system.


+1

i use collectd to keep tracked system offloaded and send all data via network (encrypted) to a central system.


>   I use it on various systems without impacts on performance.

The central system has a continuous data stream onto the storage (my case saving >64 incoming samples/minute).
Not a penalty but i would run only the logging service on this central system. 

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LF