X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=50e2743711a8f154be5a9060ce64443fc69dc463;hb=63b442b07008f20dadf2810f0eef3261efdcdb7b;hp=ee09ddd05387ec2352ce59a1ae08d06331524bbf;hpb=99fa51782d5f407e3587d00f8335feee2e0a669b;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index ee09ddd0..50e27437 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Features Name server and resolver statistics from the `statistics-channel' interface of BIND 9.5, 9,6 and later. + - cgroups + CPU accounting information for process groups under Linux. + - conntrack Number of nf_conntrack entries. @@ -133,7 +136,11 @@ Features technique built into IBM's POWER processors. - libvirt - CPU, disk and network I/O statistics from virtual machines. + CPU, memory, disk and network I/O statistics from virtual machines. + + - lvm + Size of “Logical Volumes” (LV) and “Volume Groups” (VG) of Linux' + “Logical Volume Manager” (LVM). - madwifi Queries very detailed usage statistics from wireless LAN adapters and @@ -158,6 +165,10 @@ Features Memory utilization: Memory occupied by running processes, page cache, buffer cache and free. + - mic + Collects CPU usage, memory usage, temperatures and power consumption from + Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) CPUs. + - modbus Reads values from Modbus/TCP enabled devices. Supports reading values from multiple "slaves" so gateway devices can be used. @@ -274,10 +285,6 @@ Features network devices such as switches, routers, thermometers, rack monitoring servers, etc. See collectd-snmp(5). - - snort - Reads the statistics file written by Snort, a network intrution detection - system (IDS) and dispatches the values according to the configuration. - - swap Pages swapped out onto harddisk or whatever is called `swap' by the OS.. @@ -288,6 +295,10 @@ Features Follows (tails) logfiles, parses them by lines and submits matched values. + - tail_csv + Follows (tails) files in CSV format, parses each line and submits + extracted values. + - tape Bytes and operations read and written on tape devices. Solaris only. @@ -376,7 +387,9 @@ Features done. - write_graphite - Sends data to Carbon, the storage layer of Graphite. + Sends data to Carbon, the storage layer of Graphite using TCP or UDP. It + can be configured to avoid logging send errors (especially useful when + using UDP). - write_http Sends the values collected by collectd to a web-server using HTTP POST @@ -605,6 +618,10 @@ Prerequisites Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon. + * libmnl (optional) + Used by the `netlink' plugin. + + * libmodbus (optional) Used by the “modbus” plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices. The “modbus” plugin works with version 2.0.3 of the library – due to frequent @@ -619,10 +636,6 @@ Prerequisites Required for the “netapp” plugin. This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp. - * libnetlink (optional) - Used, obviously, for the `netlink' plugin. - - * libnetsnmp (optional) For the `snmp' plugin.