Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by Vvick727 » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 12:30 PM UTC

Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd
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Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by silverlight » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 1:33 PM UTC

Very cool! Is it possible to use an existing StatsD installation if we already have one running? Or is it pretty much an "all or nothing" package?

Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by olidb2 » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 1:45 PM UTC

silverlight wrote: post #2

Very cool! Is it possible to use an existing StatsD installation if we already have one running? Or is it pretty much an "all or nothing" package?

Pup will work with any existing statsd client - it just replaces the node.js statsd server. In other words, you can keep all your code and apps untouched (FYI I'm not the author, but a Datadog co-founder)

Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by scottostler » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 1:47 PM UTC

Nice! And that's an awesome logo.

Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by alq » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 2:01 PM UTC

scottostler wrote: post #4

Nice! And that's an awesome logo.

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by jongala » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 2:17 PM UTC

scottostler wrote: post #4

Nice! And that's an awesome logo.

Double thanks :)

Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by brokentone » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 2:33 PM UTC

Excellent project! If I understand this right, it's an addition/replacement for StatsD that adds the graphing normally done in Graphite. I've tried to get the whole Graphite/StatsD stack setup before, and I could never get Graphite together quite right.

Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by axx » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 2:52 PM UTC

Am i understanding this right: this is a kick in the butt for services like NewRelic?

Does this always need to run on the same server as the Application? Or is it possible to run it on a different server and push the data to it?

disclaimer: i have no experience with statsd/graphite etc.

Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by StavrosK » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 2:58 PM UTC

axx wrote: post #8

Am i understanding this right: this is a kick in the butt for services like NewRelic? Does this always need to run on the same server as the Application? Or is it possible to run it on a different server and push the data to it? disclaimer: i have no experience with statsd/graphite etc.

Statsd accepts data over UDP, so you can run it on whichever server you like, and the logging is asynchronous and takes a few microseconds (last time I counted). I haven't had a chance to use it in production extensively, but I tested it a bit and liked it very much.

Re: Show HN: Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd

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Post by josegonzalez » Mon, Aug 06, 2012, 3:01 PM UTC

brokentone wrote: post #7

Excellent project! If I understand this right, it's an addition/replacement for StatsD that adds the graphing normally done in Graphite. I've tried to get the whole Graphite/StatsD stack setup before, and I could never get Graphite together quite right.

That's what it looks like. I'm not sure I really care much for it, other than the fact that it no longer appears to use the Graphite URL api. Personally, I'd rather have graphite-web running and then use an alternative frontend like Descartes[1] or Graphiti[2].

Still, it's pretty good that there is an alternative frontend, if nothing else but to expand the graphite ecosystem.

  [1] https://github.com/obfuscurity/descartes
  [2] https://github.com/paperlesspost/graphiti