Silly Graphite Trick with ElasticSearch
First things first. I’ve stated that you should drop everything and install Graphite. If you didn’t already, please do that now. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
Good? Good. I don’t frequently insist on anything like I do with Graphite. There’s a lot of reasons for that. If you don’t believe me, please see @obfuscurity’s awesome Graphite series on his blog.
When you get back we’ll talk about how to monitor ElasticSearch with Graphite for fun and profit!