# Elastic search for system metrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 22, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-for-system-metrics/29779 "2015-09-22T11:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bNaik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bnaik/32/4899_2.png) [@bNaik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bNaik)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-for-system-metrics/29779/1 "2015-09-22T11:47:49Z")
We are using elastic search for cpu/memory/disk/others And for storing logs too. we are sending collectd to elastic search. now my question is when i read the things on internet people are using graphite+elasticsearch or opentsdb/other software+elasticsearch . Does it mean elastic search can't handle metrics data? And how graphite like software is different from elastic search? ---
**Author:** ![PhaedrusTheGreek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/phaedrusthegreek/32/4884_2.png) [@PhaedrusTheGreek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PhaedrusTheGreek)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-for-system-metrics/29779/2 "2015-09-22T17:52:05Z")
Hi Badal, We know about this issue, and it is on our Radar. Please check back in a few weeks with me, and I may have a better answer for you. Sincerely, Jay ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-for-system-metrics/29779/3 "2015-09-22T21:25:48Z")
Check out [ELK vs grafana+influxDB](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-vs-grafana-influxdb/1686/) for some further discussion. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-for-system-metrics/29779/4 "2017-07-05T23:48:42Z")