Cacti

Cacti is a network graphing solution that makes use of RRDTool for storing and drawing data. It also works as a framework for operational monitoring and fault management, and is released under the GNU General Public License.

What Cacti offers

• Fast poller — collects data from devices quickly.
• Graph templates — template-based automation for devices, graphs and trees.
• Data collection — several acquisition methods in a distributed, fault-tolerant framework.
• User management — roles, groups and domains.
• Plugins — the tool can be extended with add-ons.
• Interface — theming and multiple languages are included.

Who it works with

Network administrators, from small local networks to installations with tens of thousands of devices.

Key facts

• Licence: GNU General Public License
• Community: discussion forums with many users