Systems and methods of facilitating collecting and aggregating datasets that are machine or user-generated for analysis are disclosed. One embodiment includes, collecting a dataset on a machine on which the dataset is received or generated, wherein, the dataset is collected from a data source on the machine, aggregating the dataset collected from the data source at a receiving location, performing analytics on the dataset upon collection or aggregation, and/or writing the dataset aggregated at the receiving location to a storage location.