Data Collection
On a Linux box - If you would like to see a metric with percentage memory and swap used, it's as simple as adding another 4 lines to the vm.sh file in ...
Thu, 24 Sep, 2015 at 4:23 PM
WARNING: BEACONS ARE A DEPRECATED FEATURE. This information is maintained for legacy purposes.
Beacons are Circonus's way of dealing with multi-d...
Fri, 23 Oct, 2015 at 11:10 AM
Data Collection
Circonus brokers have the ability to both actively collect and passively receive telemetry data from systems.
Active Co...
Thu, 29 Oct, 2015 at 9:25 PM
Removing all brokers from the check bundle is the current way to disable it.
Once disabled, the historical data can be viewed, but this...
Fri, 23 Oct, 2015 at 1:46 PM
Timing on Composite Metrics
Setting the timing for composite metrics can be tricky, because you can't expect a one-to-one ratio of composi...
Fri, 29 Jan, 2016 at 6:22 PM
With our Circonus-Inside version, you can store the data indefinitely. This is based on the amount of storage that you have allocated. The larger the amount...
Thu, 24 Sep, 2015 at 6:01 PM
Often, users of Circonus will add the first few checks by hand in the UI. The web interface is great for seeing all available check types at a glance and ea...
Fri, 23 Oct, 2015 at 2:24 PM
There is a great group on Linkedin, the Big Data and Analytics Grou7p:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4332669&trk=groups_item_detail-h...
Fri, 30 Oct, 2015 at 11:15 AM
Installing NAD
First, install NAD by either building it yourself or using a pre-built package.
Here's an example of building it yoursel...
Thu, 29 Oct, 2015 at 9:53 PM
Circonus is a telemetry collecting platform. It is not focused on log data, nor on documents. Each piece of data should be concise and representative of t...
Sun, 15 May, 2016 at 5:40 PM