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diff --git a/collectors/charts.d.plugin/sensors/README.md b/collectors/charts.d.plugin/sensors/README.md index ab7a8b660..1b98b1a70 100644 --- a/collectors/charts.d.plugin/sensors/README.md +++ b/collectors/charts.d.plugin/sensors/README.md @@ -5,17 +5,12 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/chart # Linux machine sensors monitoring with Netdata -> THIS MODULE IS OBSOLETE. -> USE [THE PYTHON ONE](/collectors/python.d.plugin/sensors) - IT SUPPORTS MULTIPLE JOBS AND IT IS MORE EFFICIENT -> -> Unlike the python one, this module can collect temperature on RPi. +Use this collector when `lm-sensors` doesn't work on your device (e.g. for RPi temperatures). +For all other cases use the [Python collector](/collectors/python.d.plugin/sensors), which supports multiple +jobs, is more efficient and performs calculations on top of the kernel provided values. -The plugin will provide charts for all configured system sensors - -> This plugin is reading sensors directly from the kernel. -> The `lm-sensors` package is able to perform calculations on the -> kernel provided values, this plugin will not perform. -> So, the values graphed, are the raw hardware values of the sensors. +This plugin will provide charts for all configured system sensors, by reading sensors directly from the kernel. +The values graphed are the raw hardware values of the sensors. The plugin will create Netdata charts for: |