Edge-Adjacent Infrastructure Monitoring with Zabbix and Electron: A Controlled Comparison of Desktop and Web-Based Visualization
Clive Asuai
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Département of Computer Science, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, 333106, Nigeria.
Evwarhono Akpevwe Courage
Department of Software Engineering., Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, 330102, Nigeria.
Gift Umukoro
Département of Information Systems Management, Delta State University, Abraka, 330106, Nigeria.
Felix Elugwu
Département of Network and Cloud Computing, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, 333106, Nigeria.
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Abstract
This study presents AdeNET+, an edge-adjacent infrastructure-monitoring prototype that combines Zabbix agent-based data collection with an Electron desktop client for local visualisation. The system was evaluated in a controlled 13-virtual-machine testbed using the same Zabbix server and network environment for both the AdeNET+ client and the standard Zabbix web interface. The reported aggregate measurements were 1.8 s versus 4.3 s for data latency, 0.4 s versus 1.2 s for interface response time, and 2.5 MB/min versus 16.7 MB/min for bandwidth use, corresponding to descriptive reductions of 58.1%, 66.7%, and 85.0%, respectively. The Electron client continued to depend on repeated Zabbix API communication for fresh data; its distinguishing feature was local rendering and desktop integration rather than elimination of backend communication. Because the available results are aggregate point estimates from a controlled, co-located testbed, they are interpreted descriptively and are not presented as statistically generalisable benchmarks. The study therefore provides a proof-of-concept architecture and a bounded comparison of desktop and web-based visualisation for operator-facing infrastructure monitoring.
Keywords: Edge computing, infrastructure monitoring, Zabbix, Electron, desktop visualization, observability, human-in-the-loop monitoring