<s>
Cacti	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
web-based	O
network	O
monitoring	O
,	O
performance	O
,	O
fault	O
and	O
configuration	O
management	O
framework	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
front-end	B-Architecture
application	O
for	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
industry-standard	O
data	O
logging	O
tool	O
RRDtool	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cacti	B-Protocol
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
poll	B-General_Concept
services	O
at	O
predetermined	O
intervals	O
and	O
graph	O
the	O
resulting	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
plugins	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
extended	O
to	O
encompass	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
FCAPS	O
operational	O
management	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
usage	O
is	O
to	O
monitor	O
network	O
traffic	O
by	O
polling	B-General_Concept
a	O
network	B-Protocol
switch	I-Protocol
or	O
router	B-Protocol
interface	O
via	O
Simple	B-Protocol
Network	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
SNMP	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
end	O
user	O
front	B-Architecture
end	I-Architecture
supports	O
both	O
User	O
and	O
User	O
Groups	O
security	O
models	O
and	O
supports	O
Role	O
Based	O
Access	O
Control	O
(	O
RBAC	O
)	O
for	O
access	O
to	O
not	O
only	O
monitoring	O
data	O
,	O
but	O
various	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
framework	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
using	O
Plugins	O
which	O
transform	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
from	O
a	O
pure	O
Time	O
Series	O
Graphing	O
solution	O
into	O
a	O
robust	O
Performance	O
Monitoring	O
,	O
Fault	O
and	O
Configuration	O
Management	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
Group	O
maintains	O
over	O
20	O
such	O
Plugins	O
on	O
GitHub	O
that	O
deliver	O
these	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cacti	B-Protocol
is	O
primarily	O
used	O
by	O
Telco	O
providers	O
and	O
Network	O
Operation	O
Centers	O
throughout	O
the	O
world	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
the	O
commercial	O
Spectrum	O
LSF	O
RTM	O
solution	O
which	O
monitors	O
High	O
Performance	O
Computing	O
(	O
HPC	O
)	O
clusters	O
based	O
on	O
IBM	O
LSF	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
use	O
cases	O
include	O
web	O
hosting	O
providers	O
(	O
especially	O
dedicated	O
server	O
,	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
private	I-General_Concept
server	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
colocation	O
providers	O
)	O
to	O
display	O
bandwidth	O
statistics	O
for	O
their	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
configure	O
the	O
data	O
collection	O
itself	O
,	O
allowing	O
certain	O
setups	O
to	O
be	O
monitored	O
without	O
any	O
manual	O
configuration	O
of	O
RRDtool	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cacti	B-Protocol
data	O
collection	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
to	O
monitor	O
any	O
source	O
via	O
shell	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
and	O
executables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cacti	B-Protocol
provides	O
both	O
a	O
built-in	O
and	O
optional	O
data	O
collectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
back	B-Architecture
ends	I-Architecture
:	O
The	O
first	O
,	O
referenced	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
cmd.php	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
script	I-Application
suitable	O
for	O
smaller	O
installations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
spine	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
multi-threaded	O
and	O
massively	O
parallel	O
C-based	O
data	O
collector	O
which	O
can	O
scale	O
to	O
tens	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
hosts	O
per	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
Data	O
Collector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
project	O
was	O
first	O
started	O
by	O
Ian	O
Berry	O
on	O
September	O
2	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Berry	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
start	O
the	O
project	O
while	O
working	O
for	O
a	O
small	O
ISP	O
while	O
also	O
still	O
in	O
high	O
school	O
,	O
learning	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
central	O
aim	O
in	O
creating	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
"	O
was	O
to	O
offer	O
more	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
than	O
RRDtool	B-Language
and	O
more	O
flexibility	O
than	O
MRTG	B-Protocol
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
version	O
0.8.6	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
it	O
came	O
more	O
developers	O
and	O
,	O
later	O
on	O
,	O
greater	O
program	O
speed	O
and	O
scalability	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
roadmap	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
indicated	O
that	O
version	O
1.0.0	O
was	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
team	O
member	O
availability	O
and	O
changing	O
roles	O
in	O
their	O
careers	O
,	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
development	O
took	O
a	O
hiatus	O
with	O
only	O
minor	O
security	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
1.0	O
in	O
January	O
of	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
the	O
years	O
of	O
2012	O
and	O
2017	O
,	O
The	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
released	O
6	O
point	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
0.8.8	O
series	O
software	O
,	O
again	O
addressing	O
minor	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
security	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
Group	O
reorganized	O
in	O
early	O
2015	O
to	O
restart	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
1.0	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
development	O
,	O
The	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
Group	O
stepped	O
up	O
to	O
deliver	O
on	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
promised	O
capabilities	O
on	O
their	O
roadmap	O
including	O
;	O
Multiple	O
Data	O
Collectors	O
;	O
Improved	O
Graph	O
,	O
Device	O
,	O
Template	O
and	O
Tree	O
Security	O
including	O
User	O
Group	O
level	O
permissions	O
;	O
Multiple	O
Data	O
Collection	O
intervals	O
;	O
Site	O
support	O
;	O
and	O
Improved	O
Tree	O
Management	O
and	O
Performant	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2017	O
was	O
an	O
active	O
year	O
for	O
The	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
released	O
over	O
30	O
versions	O
of	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
since	O
the	O
initial	O
1.0.0	O
release	O
in	O
January	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
features	O
of	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
Database	O
sessions	O
enabling	O
scale	O
out	O
Cacti	B-Protocol
deployments	O
front	O
ended	O
by	O
load	O
balancers	O
and	O
back	O
ended	O
using	O
clustered	O
file	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
GlusterFS	O
,	O
CEPH	O
and	O
NFS	O
.	O
</s>
