Performance on Netdata

Distributed Observability For Scale, Speed & Control

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Collect unlimited metrics at per-second granularity with zero configuration. Netdata’s edge-native architecture eliminates cardinality cost traps while delivering ML-based anomaly detection on every metric.

Enterprise Monitoring At Scale Without Bottlenecks

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Experience observability that grows naturally with your infrastructure - no rewrites, no bottlenecks, no compromise. Monitor everything, everywhere, at per-second resolution with predictable costs that scale with nodes, not data volume.

Gaming Infrastructure Monitoring & Observability

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Netdata delivers true real-time monitoring for gaming infrastructure with per-second metrics, edge-based ML anomaly detection, and AI-powered troubleshooting - enabling lean teams to maintain 99.9% uptime while reducing monitoring costs by 90%.

Live Tab - Real-Time Netdata Functions

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Live tab provides real-time access to Netdata Functions - specialized routines from collectors that deliver live information from your monitored nodes, including database monitoring, network topology maps, process explorers, and diagnostics.

Per-Second Observability Without Cardinality Limits

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Netdata delivers true real-time monitoring at planetary scale through distributed edge intelligence - maintaining per-second granularity and sub-2-second latency whether you’re monitoring 10 nodes or 100,000, with 90% cost reduction and 80% MTTR improvement.

Netdata vs Prometheus: A 2025 Performance Analysis

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

When it comes to infrastructure monitoring, performance, scalability, and efficiency are critical considerations. In this blog post, we revisit two widely adopted open-source monitoring solutions: Netdata and Prometheus. Both tools have introduced notable improvements in their latest versions, emphasizing scalability and enhanced efficiency.

In our previous analysis, we explored key differences between these systems, focusing on resource consumption and data retention. This follow-up expands on that comparison by subjecting both tools to a significantly larger workload. With the number of monitored nodes increased to 1000, containers to 80k, and metrics ingestion reaching 4.6 million metrics per second, we examine how each system performs under these demanding conditions, focusing on CPU utilization, memory requirements, disk I/O, network usage, and data retention during data ingestion.

Monitoring Disks: Workload, Latency & Saturation

Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Netdata provides a comprehensive set of charts that can help you understand the workload, performance, utilization, saturation, latency, responsiveness, and maintenance activities of your disks. In this blog we will focus on monitoring disks as block devices, not as filesystems or mount points.

The Disks section in the Overview tab contains all the charts that are mentioned in this blog post.

Disk Workload and Performance

Netdata charts for monitoring the workload and the throughput of your disks:

Context Switching & Its Impact On System Performance

Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Context switching is the process of switching the CPU from one process, task or thread to another. In a multitasking operating system, such as Linux, the CPU has to switch between multiple processes or threads in order to keep the system running smoothly. This is necessary because each CPU core without hyperthreading can only execute one process or thread at a time. If there are many processes or threads running simultaneously, and very few CPU cores available to handle them, the system is forced to make more context switches to balance the CPU resources among them.

Monitor & Troubleshoot ISP Performance With Netdata

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Find out how to monitor your Internet speed and quality and how well your ISP is performing.

What Factors Affect My Internet Speed?

Several factors can influence your internet speed, ranging from your ISP’s infrastructure to your home setup. Here’s a breakdown:

1. ISP Plan & Bandwidth

The speed you experience depends on the plan you choose from your ISP. Higher-tier plans offer more bandwidth, which means faster speeds for downloading, streaming, and gaming.