On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:26, William Saxton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all (potential) new ganglia user here, with a couple quick questions > that I couldn't find the answers to via google. > > 1) Where can I find how ganglia gathers information from a system? I'm > specifically looking to compare how, for example, Solaris gathers its > information (probably through kstat) and Linux gathers its (probably via > /proc) but I'm looking, specifically, for the code that shows this. Is > it available?
Yep, the code is all online at sf.net. There's an SVN browser here: http://ganglia.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ganglia/ the code for built-in metrics collection is stored in the libmetics directory, and split out (more or less) by OS in subdirectories: http://ganglia.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ganglia/trunk/monitor-core/libmetrics/ > > 2) Does anyone have any experience with using ganglia, just as a backend > for storage of RRD data, but then using their own custom front-end? We > are currently using our own home-grown RRD back-end/front-end solution > and, although ganglia looks like a more robust method of data > collection/storage...we're thinking we might just want to port that for > a back-end solution and continue using our own front-end. Theoretically, you could do this at the gmetad/WebUI interface, but I'm not aware of anyone actually doing this. Ganglia does make use of a template system so you could write your own interface. There's also a "monitor-web-2.0" branch of development that is working to overhaul the frontend (although the backend is unchanged). -- Jesse Becker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Ganglia-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general
