Cacti
The Complete RRDTool-based Graphing Solution

Cacti is an open-source network monitoring and graphing tool built on RRDTool that enables users to collect, store, and visualize network performance data. It offers a distributed data collection framework, template-based automation, plugin extensibility, and role-based access control. It scales from small LAN environments to complex networks with tens of thousands of devices.
Cacti uses RRDTool for data storage and graphing, collecting network metrics via multiple acquisition methods and displaying them through a web-based interface with template-driven automation and plugin support.
network administrators and IT operations teams
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
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