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FnordMetric v1.1.2 Documentation
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FnordMetric is a framework for collecting and displaying timseries data.
It is split up into three components:
FnordMetric is a framework for processing and visualizing stream data on
real-time analytics dashboards. It is split up into three components:

### FnordMetric Classic

### FnordMetric UI
FnordMetric Classic is powered by ruby and redis. It offers a ruby DSL for processing data
streams and building beautiful web dashboards from a collection of pre-made UI widgets.

FnordMetric UI is a HTML5 / JavaScript API that lets you plugin realtime data and timeseries
graphs into any webpage without having to write a single line of code. It gives you maximum
flexiblitiy as you can control the complete layout and style with HTML and CSS. FnordMetric UI
uses WebSockets to communicate with the backend. There are two backend implementations:
FnordMetric Classic (ruby + redis) or FnordMetric Enterprise (JVM). You can use FnordMetric UI
as a white label solution to power your custom realtime analytics apps.
You can also use the FnordMetric UI HTML5 API to display the data collected with FnordMetric
Classic on another website or build highly customized / white label views.

<a href="/documentation/ui_index">Getting Started with FnordMetric UI &rarr;</a>
<a href="/documentation/classic_index">Getting Started with FnordMetric Classic &rarr;</a>


### FnordMetric Classic
### FnordMetric UI

FnordMetric Classic offers a ruby DSL for processing data streams and manipulating gauges that
get stored in redis. It includes a collection of pre-made UI widgets which you can use to build
beautiful web dashboards within minutes. You can also use the FnordMetric UI HTML5 API to display
the data on another website or build highly customized / white label views.
FnordMetric UI is a HTML5 / JavaScript API that lets you plug realtime data and charts into any
webpage without writing a single line of code. It gives you maximum flexiblitiy as you have full
control over layout and style with HTML and CSS.

<a href="/documentation/classic_index">Getting Started with FnordMetric Classic &rarr;</a>
FnordMetric UI uses WebSockets to communicate with a backend server. There are two backend
implementations: FnordMetric Classic (ruby + redis) and FnordMetric Enterprise (JVM).

You can use FnordMetric UI as a white label solution to power your custom realtime analytics apps.

<a href="/documentation/ui_index">Getting Started with FnordMetric UI &rarr;</a>


### FnordMetric Enterprise

FnordMetric Enterprise is a JVM based timeseries database which serves as a backend for FnordMetric
UI. It can handle thousands of gauges and years worth of historical data. It also includes some
advanced features like CSV Export.
UI. It can handle thousands of gauges and years worth of historical data. 

FnordMetric Enterprise includes some advanced features like Hadoop Integration and CSV Export.

<i style="color:#999;">FnordMetric Enterprise is currently in private beta</i>