Performance Management

Horizon uses collectd to collect performance data. Collectd schedules data collection on network entities using management agents and protocol-specific collectors (SNMP, HTTPS, JMX, and so on). Each collector has its own associated configuration file that defines its parameters.

UML-style diagram describing the relationships and interactions among configuration items and outputs associated with collectd
Figure 1. Overview of associated files and collectd configuration

These topics describe how to manage performance data collection: