Cacti默認輪詢器cmd.php執行效率有點低，spine爲C語言編寫的組件，性能要好許多。
編譯安裝spine需以下軟件支持：
1 net-snmp-devel
2 mysql
3 mysql-devel
4 openssl-devel
5 gcc
安裝spine要和Cacti的版本相匹配，本文以最新版cacti0.8.8a安裝爲例。
1 cd /usr/local/src/
2 wget http://www.cacti.net/downloads/spine/cacti-spine-0.8.8a.tar.gz
3 tar -zxvf cacti-spine-0.8.8a.tar.gz
4 cd cacti-spine-0.8.8a
編譯：
5 ./configure
6 make && make instatll
配置spine：
1 cd /usr/local/spine/etc/
2 mv spine.conf.dist /etc/spine.conf
3 vi spine.conf
填寫數據庫信息，即Cacti數據庫。
DB_Host localhost
DB_Database cacti
DB_User root
DB_Pass cacti
DB_Port 3306
設置spine路徑，Console——Settings——Paths
cacti設置spine路徑
/usr/local/spine/bin/spine
更改cacti輪詢器爲spine，Console——Settings——Poller
cacti更改輪詢器爲spine
運行：
#/usr/local/spine/bin/spine
SPINE: Using spine config file [/etc/spine.conf]
SPINE: Version 0.8.7g starting
SPINE: Time: 0.2410 s, Threads: 5, Hosts: 2
說明：spine默認配置文件需要放在/etc纔會生效，否則報如下錯誤：
SPINE: Poller[0] FATAL: Unable to read configuration file! (Spine init)