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# 3 Zabbix features

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#### Overview

Zabbix is a highly integrated network monitoring solution, offering a
multiplicity of features in a single package.

**[Data gathering](/manual/config/items)**

-   availability and performance checks
-   support for SNMP (both trapping and polling), IPMI, JMX, VMware
    monitoring
-   custom checks
-   gathering desired data at custom intervals
-   performed by server/proxy and by agents

**[Flexible threshold definitions](/manual/config/triggers)**

-   you can define very flexible problem thresholds, called triggers,
    referencing values from the backend database

**[Highly configurable alerting](/manual/config/notifications)**

-   sending notifications can be customized for the escalation schedule,
    recipient, media type
-   notifications can be made meaningful and helpful using macro
    variables
-   automatic actions include remote commands

**[Real-time graphing](/manual/config/visualization/graphs/simple)**

-   monitored items are immediately graphed using the built-in graphing
    functionality

**[Web monitoring capabilities](/manual/web_monitoring)**

-   Zabbix can follow a path of simulated mouse clicks on a web site and
    check for functionality and response time

**[Extensive visualization options](/manual/config/visualization)**

-   ability to create custom graphs that can combine multiple items into
    a single view
-   network maps
-   slideshows in a dashboard-style overview
-   reports
-   high-level (business) view of monitored resources

**[Historical data
storage](/manual/installation/requirements#database_size)**

-   data stored in a database
-   configurable history
-   built-in housekeeping procedure

**[Easy configuration](/manual/config/hosts)**

-   add monitored devices as hosts
-   hosts are picked up for monitoring, once in the database
-   apply templates to monitored devices

**[Use of templates](/manual/config/templates)**

-   grouping checks in templates
-   templates can inherit other templates

**[Network discovery](/manual/discovery)**

-   automatic discovery of network devices
-   agent autoregistration
-   discovery of file systems, network interfaces and SNMP OIDs

**[Fast web interface](/manual/web_interface)**

-   a web-based frontend in PHP
-   accessible from anywhere
-   you can click your way through
-   audit log

**[Zabbix API](/manual/api)**

-   Zabbix API provides programmable interface to Zabbix for mass
    manipulations, third-party software integration and other purposes.

**[Permissions system](/manual/config/users_and_usergroups)**

-   secure user authentication
-   certain users can be limited to certain views

**[Full featured and easily extensible agent](/manual/concepts/agent)**

-   deployed on monitoring targets
-   can be deployed on both Linux and Windows

**[Binary daemons](/manual/concepts/server)**

-   written in C, for performance and small memory footprint
-   easily portable

**[Ready for complex environments](/manual/distributed_monitoring)**

-   remote monitoring made easy by using a Zabbix proxy

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