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Zabbix Performance Tuning

You're reading from   Zabbix Performance Tuning Tune and optimize Zabbix to maximize performance

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783987641
Length 152 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Luciano Alves Luciano Alves
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Zabbix Performance Tuning
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Evolution of Zabbix FREE CHAPTER 2. Zabbix and I – Almost Heroes 3. Tuning the Zabbix Server 4. Tuning the MySQL Database 5. Tuning the Frontend 6. Adjusting the Storage 7. Tuning the Operating System 8. Doing the Extra Work 9. Using the Zabbix Proxy 10. Monitoring the Health of Zabbix 11. The Next Challenge Index

Comparisons between databases


To understand why MySQL is the most widely used database within Zabbix and why Zabbix SIA tends to use MySQL (for main development and ready-to-use appliances) instead of other RDBMS, you need to know some details about the supported databases and the main characteristics directly related to Zabbix.

According to the Zabbix manual at https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.4/manual/appendix/performance_tuning, Zabbix SIA has good support for MySQL.

This topic does not offer a comparison to determine which the best database is, but a comparison to understand which database has the best behavior with the Zabbix platform. The difference in approach is important so that you can have an assessment free of any bias, positive or negative, regarding any of the databases supported by Zabbix.

We know that the Zabbix server and the Zabbix proxy natively support five databases:

  • Oracle

    • 10g or later

    • Commercial license

  • IBM DB2

    • 9.7 or later

    • Commercial license

  • PostgreSQL

    • 8.1 or later

    • BSD...

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