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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2023-06-14 19:20:33 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2023-06-14 19:20:33 +0000
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## Important Notes
+If you are using [our official native DEB/RPM packages](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/methods/packages.md), you will need to install
+the `netdata-plugin-perf` package using your system package manager.
+
Accessing hardware PMUs requires root permissions, so the plugin is setuid to root.
Keep in mind that the number of PMUs in a system is usually quite limited and every hardware monitoring