Commit e96a9be4 authored by Paul Asmuth's avatar Paul Asmuth
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mysql does not make for a good storage backend

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Like fnordmetric-cli, the server allows you to execute queries against a number
of external backends like MySQL databases or CSV files. Additionally, the server
includes a facility to collect timeseries data and store them either on local
disk or in external storage (MySQL, HBase).
disk or in external storage (HBase).

You can use fnordmetric-server as a one-stop solution for metric collection and
charting. Since fnordmetric-server aims to be a StatsD+graphite competitor, it
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You can use FnordMetric Server to collect timeseries data (and subsequently
query the data using ChartSQL). FnordMetric Server stores the collected data
on local disk or in an external storage system like MySQL or HBase.
on local disk or in an external storage system (HBase).

To enable metric collection, you have to start fnordmetric-server with the 
`--storage_backend` flag. See backends for instructions how to configure each
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    $ fnordmetric-cli --storage_backend=inmemory


MySQL Backend
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_The MySQL Backend is not implemented yet._

HBase Backend
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    <p>
      FnordMetric Server can store the collected timeseries data on local disk or
      in external storage (MySQL or HBase).
      in external storage (HBase).
    </p>

    <p>