collectd is an open source daemon that collects system and application performance metrics.

"The Beginner’s Guide to collectd" e-Book explains what collectd is and how you can begin incorporating it into your organization’s environment to help identify trends, issues and relationships you may not be able to observe otherwise.

Download the e-Book to learn how to:

*Get and configure collectd

*Analyze collectd data

*Use Splunk and collectd together to analyze large amounts of infrastructure data