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The tables and lists of questions have been created by Sridhar Rao <Sridhar.Rao@spirent.com>

 

Terminology Definition

TermWhat we mean by that?
MetricA Measurement of a particular characteristic.
Ex: %ge of CPU used, Amount of Bandwidth used, etc. Complete definition can be found here
EventA record of something that has happened - A simple immutable fact.
Example: Link has gone down. A packet from a flow is dropped, etc. Complete definition can be found here 
AgentSoftware that runs on a node/system that needs to be monitored.
Client NodeA node that is monitored (Node on which agent runs)
Server NodeA node that collects metrics and events from the client node.
Sampling IntervalHow frequently the metrics are sent.
Push ModeFetching of events by subscribing
Poll ModeFetching of events via polling.
Writing of Metrics/eventssending/outputting of metrics or events.
Reading of Metrics/eventsreceiving/reading of measrements
Logging of Metrics/eventsLogging of monitored/received metric or event
Metric Types (data source types)

Guage: Value stored as-is
Derive: Derivative - Change of the value (rate)
Counter: Similar to Derive - but it is NEVER negative (due to wrap-around)
Absolute: 

 

 

Parameter Table

 

Parameters\Tools

CollectdCeilometerMonascastatsdnode-exportersensumunintelegrafnagiosdiamondcentreonicingaOpenNMSNSClient++Elastic BeatsReimannNote:
1. For some parameters the answer could be just YES/NO,
2. Whereas, for some we may have to provide a description/details
3. For some we may have to choose from the list [], whereas for some we may append a value to the list.
4. For some parameters, please provide the number of 'actual metrics' provided under that category. For example, collectd would provide 12 metrics for Processes-category

Use NA - If Not applicable.
Use NK - If it is Not Known
Lowest Sampling Interval1 sec               
CPU metrics idle, system, wait, stolen, user (% & time), util, vcpusidle, system, wait, stolen, user (% & time)    Same as ceilometer or monasca        
Disk IO metrics read and write (bytes, rate, req)read and write (bytes, rate, req)    Same as ceilometer or monasca        
Memory metrics usage, bandwidthfree, swap, total, used    Same as ceilometer or monasca        
Process metrics       Same as ceilometer or monasca        
Network Interface MetricsInterface plugin: Standard 4 fields of rx/tx (octets, packets, errors, dropped).
Netlink plugin: uses netlink sockets and covers others		Standard 4 fields of rx/tx (octets, packets, errors, dropped).Standard 4 fields of rx/tx (octets, packets, errors, dropped).    Same as ceilometer or monasca        
Libvirt MetricsYES -       NO        
Container resource usage MonitoringYESNONO    Docker        
Writing to Databases Support: [Influxdb, MongoDb,  MySql, PostgreSql, Carbon(graphite),  Prometheus, RRDCache,Redis, TSDB]YES for all

MySql, PostgreSql, MongoDb

Influxdb, Vertica, MySql, PostgreSql, Cassandra    Yes for all.        
Encryption SupportYESNONO             
Extensibility - multilanguage support [Python, Java, Golang, C/C++, Lua]YES for allJavaJava             
Interoperability [with other monitoring solutions]Sensu, statsd, telegraf?

Nagios zabbix

ceilometer             
Write to Message Queues and protocols (AMQP, Kafka, MQTT, NSQ)YES for ALLAMQPKafka    

kafka,

MQTT,

NSQ

        
Metrics Pub/sub Mode SupportYESYESYES             
Metrics Res/Resp Mode Support                 
Support for Events (polling, Pushing)                
Notification SupportYESYESYES             
Logging Support YESYESYES             
Hypervisor metricsYES               
Log-File AnalysisYESNONO             
Other Writing Support:
[CSV, HTTP, RRD, UnixSocket]		                
Transport Protocol                
 Data-Format
[XML, JSON, etc]		JSON, Custom, XMLJSON XMLJSON             
Data-modelCustomKVPKVP             
Hardware:
IPMI, Battery, Sensors, 		YES for allIPMIIPMI             
Metric Types: Guage, Derive, Counter, absoluteYES for allGuage cumulative delta              
Language (written)CPythonPython    Go        
Last-Updated 20172017             
Commercial Versions? NO?    No        
Resource consumption by the agent                
License Apache License, Version 2.0 Apache License, Version 2.0              
Webserver monitoring
[Nginix, Apache]		YES for allApacheApache             
Platforms - OS? LinuxLinux             
Configuration Tool support [Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt]YES for allPuppet Chef              
Server-mode support?YES               
Other Services Support       statsd, webhooks          

 

Inference Questions

The Questions The Answer
Lowest Interval: Which agent supports the lowest sampling interval, and what is the value? 
Interoperability: Which agent is 'most interoperable'?  (Work with maximum of 'servers' (collection node) 
Large-scale deployment: Which agent is ideal for large-scale monitoring (Provide description in a separate page, if needed) 
Low-footprint: Which agent has the lowest footprint (memory and CPU)? 
Metrics: Which agent supports maximum number of metrics? 
Gaps: Are there any metrics that are not supported by any of the agent and that are relavant to NFV? 
Which agent is ideal for realtime analytics?- [Support for maximum scalable datastores, visualization tools and Analytics engines?] 
Is any of the agents been used in large-scale real-world deployments? If so, please provide the details on the performance. 
Which agent has the least/maximum dependency - Libraries, OS/Kernel versions, etc.? 
Which agent provides maximum 'freedom' w.r.t. Licenses (core agent + plugins)? 
Which agent is best for the following datastores: Influxdb, Graphite, ElasticSearch? 
Which agent support dynamic configuration? 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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