NagiosGrapher
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PREFACE
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WHAT NAGIOSGRAPHER DOES
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NagiosGrapher collects the output of NagiosPlugins and generates graphs.


WHY ANOTHER NAGIOS GRAPHING SYSTEM?
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Because we were not satisfied with the existing systems. We think a nagios
graphing system should have these major features:
- get values from nagios without patching 
  (eg. through "process-service-perfdata")
- realtime graphing (5 minutes delay at maximum)
- recoginzing new hosts/services and automatic graphing of these
- auto pruning and abstructing of stored values
- very slim backend - no need of a database systems
- easy to install 

Yes, we think NagiosGrapher has all these features... 

HOW TO INSTALL
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see INSTALL
