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12 May 20267 min read

SNMP polling vs streaming telemetry (gNMI) — when to use which

Polling and streaming answer the same question in opposite directions. Where SNMP still wins, where gNMI is the only workable option, and how to run both without a monitoring gap during the migration.

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