diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9f28147c..ab9d47bdf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ Metric can be sent by one of the following ways:
    + `send(T value, std::string name)`
    + `sendTagged(T value, std::string name, std::vector<Tag>&& tags)`
    + `sendTimed(T value, std::string name, std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>& timestamp)`
+3. Sending multiple metrics (only InfluxDB and Zabbix are supported, other backends fallback into sending metrics one by one)
+   + `void send(std::string name, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics)`
 
 ## Derived metrics
 The module can calculate derived metrics. To do so, use `addDerivedMetric(std::string name, DerivedMetricMode mode)` with one of two available modes:
@@ -303,6 +305,17 @@ collector->send(10, "myMetric");
 collector->send({10, "myMetric"});
 ```
 
+### Sending multiple metrics at once - examples/8-Multiple.cxx
+```cpp
+// configure monitoring (only once per process), pass configuration path as parameter
+Monitoring::Configure("file:///home/awegrzyn/hackathon/Monitoring/examples/config-default.ini");
+
+// Send two metrics at once as a single measurement
+Monitoring::Get().send("measurementName", {
+  {10, "myMetricInt"},
+  {10.10, "myMetricFloat"}
+});
+```
 
 ## System monitoring, server-side backends installation and configuration
 This guide explains manual installation. For `ansible` deployment see [AliceO2Group/system-configuration](https://gitlab.cern.ch/AliceO2Group/system-configuration/tree/master/ansible) gitlab repo.
diff --git a/include/Monitoring/Backend.h b/include/Monitoring/Backend.h
index 966d1d105..f49467d10 100644
--- a/include/Monitoring/Backend.h
+++ b/include/Monitoring/Backend.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ class Backend
     /// Sends metric via backend
     virtual void send(const Metric& metric) = 0;
 
+    /// Sends multiple metrics (if supported), otherwise falls back into sending single metrics
+    virtual void sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics) = 0;
+
     /// Sets a tag
     virtual void addGlobalTag(std::string name, std::string value) = 0;
 };
diff --git a/include/Monitoring/Collector.h b/include/Monitoring/Collector.h
index cadb3f362..b8f2c5fb6 100644
--- a/include/Monitoring/Collector.h
+++ b/include/Monitoring/Collector.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Collector
     /// Sends a metric to all avaliabes backends
     /// If metric has been added to DerivedMetric the derived metric is calculated (see addDerivedMetric method)
     /// \param metric            r-value to metric object
-    void send(Metric&& metric, std::size_t skipBackend = -1);
+    void send(Metric&& metric);
 
     /// Sends multiple metrics to as a single measurement
     /// If it's not supported by backend it fallbacks into sending multiple metrics
diff --git a/src/Backends/ApMonBackend.cxx b/src/Backends/ApMonBackend.cxx
index 7ec58da17..74014b992 100644
--- a/src/Backends/ApMonBackend.cxx
+++ b/src/Backends/ApMonBackend.cxx
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ void ApMonBackend::addGlobalTag(std::string name, std::string value)
   entity += value;
 }
 
+void ApMonBackend::sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics)
+{
+  for (auto& m : metrics) {
+    std::string tempName = m.getName();
+    m.setName(measurement + "-" + m.getName());
+    send(m);
+    m.setName(tempName);
+  }
+}
+
 void ApMonBackend::send(const Metric& metric)
 {
   std::string name = metric.getName();
diff --git a/src/Backends/ApMonBackend.h b/src/Backends/ApMonBackend.h
index effe75ec1..243e4f0b8 100644
--- a/src/Backends/ApMonBackend.h
+++ b/src/Backends/ApMonBackend.h
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ class ApMonBackend final : public Backend
     /// \param metric           reference to metric object:
     void send(const Metric& metric) override;
 
+    /// Sends multiple metric in single packet
+    /// Not supported by the backend therefore it falls back to sending metric one by one
+    /// \param name     measurement name
+    /// \param metrics  list of metrics
+    void sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics) override;
+
     /// Extends entity value
     /// \param name             tag name (unused)
     /// \param value            tag value that is concatenated to entity string
diff --git a/src/Backends/Flume.cxx b/src/Backends/Flume.cxx
index 8cff98a0b..3b9c0d76c 100644
--- a/src/Backends/Flume.cxx
+++ b/src/Backends/Flume.cxx
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ std::string Flume::metricToJson(const Metric& metric)
     return s;
 }
 
+void Flume::sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics)
+{
+  for (auto& m : metrics) {
+    std::string tempName = m.getName();
+    m.setName(measurement + "-" + m.getName());
+    send(m);
+    m.setName(tempName);
+  }
+}
+
 void Flume::send(const Metric& metric)
 {
     mTransport->send(metricToJson(metric));
diff --git a/src/Backends/Flume.h b/src/Backends/Flume.h
index 492537cce..5e0d4dd91 100644
--- a/src/Backends/Flume.h
+++ b/src/Backends/Flume.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Flume final : public Backend
     /// Default destructor
     ~Flume() = default;
 
-    // Convert timestamp to unsigned long as required by Flume
+    /// Convert timestamp to unsigned long as required by Flume
     /// \param 		 chrono time_point timestamp
     /// \return  	 timestamp in nanoseconds
     inline unsigned long convertTimestamp(const std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>& timestamp);
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ class Flume final : public Backend
     /// \param metric    reference to metric object
     void send(const Metric& metric) override;
 
+    /// Sends multiple metric in single packet
+    /// Not supported by the backend therefore it falls back to sending metric one by one
+    /// TODO: changed required in Flume Source
+    /// \param name     measurement name
+    /// \param metrics  list of metrics 
+    void sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics) override;
+
     /// Adds tag
     /// \param name      tag name
     /// \param value     tag value
diff --git a/src/Backends/InfluxDB.cxx b/src/Backends/InfluxDB.cxx
index cba44a673..f2d4fbcb1 100644
--- a/src/Backends/InfluxDB.cxx
+++ b/src/Backends/InfluxDB.cxx
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ void InfluxDB::escape(std::string& escaped)
   boost::replace_all(escaped, " ", "\\ ");
 }
 
-void InfluxDB::sendMultiple(std::string name, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics)
+void InfluxDB::sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics)
 {
-  escape(name);
+  escape(measurement);
   std::stringstream convert;
-  convert << name << "," << tagSet << " ";
+  convert << measurement << "," << tagSet << " ";
 
   for (const auto& metric : metrics) {
     std::string value = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(metric.getValue());
diff --git a/src/Backends/InfluxDB.h b/src/Backends/InfluxDB.h
index 7f536d4f6..f48afcc24 100644
--- a/src/Backends/InfluxDB.h
+++ b/src/Backends/InfluxDB.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class InfluxDB final : public Backend
     /// Sends multiple values in single measurement
     /// \param name 	measurement name
     /// \param metrics 	list of metrics
-    void sendMultiple(std::string name, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics);
+    void sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics);
 
     /// Adds tag
     /// \param name      tag name
diff --git a/src/Backends/InfoLoggerBackend.cxx b/src/Backends/InfoLoggerBackend.cxx
index cbc86f2f8..348b48b78 100644
--- a/src/Backends/InfoLoggerBackend.cxx
+++ b/src/Backends/InfoLoggerBackend.cxx
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ void InfoLoggerBackend::addGlobalTag(std::string name, std::string value)
   tagString += name + "=" + value;
 }
 
+void InfoLoggerBackend::sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics)
+{
+  for (auto& m : metrics) {
+    std::string tempName = m.getName();
+    m.setName(measurement + "-" + m.getName());
+    send(m);
+    m.setName(tempName);
+  }
+}
+
 void InfoLoggerBackend::send(const Metric& metric)
 {
   std::string metricTags{};
diff --git a/src/Backends/InfoLoggerBackend.h b/src/Backends/InfoLoggerBackend.h
index e97897ec7..0547d17fa 100644
--- a/src/Backends/InfoLoggerBackend.h
+++ b/src/Backends/InfoLoggerBackend.h
@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ class InfoLoggerBackend final : public Backend
     /// Default destructor
     ~InfoLoggerBackend() = default;
 
-    /// Sends metric to InfluxDB
+    /// Sends metric to InfoLogger library
     /// \param metric           reference to metric object    
     void send(const Metric& metric) override;
 
+    /// Sends multiple metric at once
+    /// Not supported by the backend therefore it falls back to sending metric one by one
+    /// \param name     measurement name
+    /// \param metrics  list of metrics
+    void sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics) override;
+
     /// Adds tag
     /// \param name         tag name
     /// \param value        tag value
diff --git a/src/Backends/Zabbix.cxx b/src/Backends/Zabbix.cxx
index 3c681f91a..99dcdf2c6 100644
--- a/src/Backends/Zabbix.cxx
+++ b/src/Backends/Zabbix.cxx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #include "Zabbix.h"
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
-#include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
 #include <string>
 #include "../Transports/TCP.h"
 #include "../Exceptions/MonitoringInternalException.h"
@@ -20,8 +19,8 @@ namespace Backends
 {
 
 Zabbix::Zabbix(const std::string &hostname, int port)
+ : socketHostname(hostname), socketPort(port)
 { 
-  transport = std::make_unique<Transports::TCP>(hostname, port);
   MonLogger::Get() << "Zabbix/TCP backend initialized"
                        << " ("<< hostname << ":" << port << ")" << MonLogger::End();
 }
@@ -36,29 +35,46 @@ inline std::string Zabbix::convertTimestamp(const std::chrono::time_point<std::c
   return converted;
 }
 
-std::string Zabbix::metricToZabbix(const Metric& metric)
+void Zabbix::send(const Metric& metric)
 {
   // create JSON payload
-  boost::property_tree::ptree request, dataArray, data;
+  boost::property_tree::ptree dataArray, data;
   data.put<std::string>("host", hostname);
   data.put<std::string>("key", metric.getName());
   data.put<std::string>("value", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(metric.getValue()));
   data.put<std::string>("clock", convertTimestamp(metric.getTimestamp()));
-
   dataArray.push_back(std::make_pair("", data));
+  sendOverTcp(createMessage(dataArray));
+}
+
+void Zabbix::sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics)
+{
+  boost::property_tree::ptree dataArray;
+  for (auto& metric : metrics) {
+    boost::property_tree::ptree data;
+    data.put<std::string>("host", hostname);
+    data.put<std::string>("key", metric.getName());
+    data.put<std::string>("value", boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(metric.getValue()));
+    data.put<std::string>("clock", convertTimestamp(metric.getTimestamp()));
+    dataArray.push_back(std::make_pair("", data));
+  }
+  sendOverTcp(createMessage(dataArray));
+}
+
+std::string Zabbix::createMessage(const boost::property_tree::ptree& dataArray) {
+  boost::property_tree::ptree request;
   request.put<std::string>("request", "sender data");
   request.add_child("data", dataArray);
 
-  std::stringstream ss; 
+  std::stringstream ss;
   write_json(ss, request);
-  
-  std::string noWhiteSpaces = ss.str();
-  noWhiteSpaces.erase(std::remove_if( noWhiteSpaces.begin(), noWhiteSpaces.end(), 
-      [](char c){ return (c =='\r' || c =='\t' || c == ' ' || c == '\n');}), noWhiteSpaces.end() );
-  noWhiteSpaces.insert(18, " ");
 
-  // prepare Zabbix header
-  uint32_t length = noWhiteSpaces.length();
+  std::string message = ss.str();
+  message.erase(std::remove_if( message.begin(), message.end(),
+      [](char c){ return (c =='\r' || c =='\t' || c == ' ' || c == '\n');}), message.end() );
+  message.insert(18, " ");
+
+  uint32_t length = message.length();
   std::vector<unsigned char> header = {
     'Z', 'B', 'X', 'D', '\x01',
     static_cast<unsigned char>(length & 0xFF),
@@ -67,13 +83,13 @@ std::string Zabbix::metricToZabbix(const Metric& metric)
     static_cast<unsigned char>((length >> 24) & 0x000000FF),
     '\x00','\x00','\x00','\x00'
   };
-
-  return std::string(header.begin(), header.end()) + noWhiteSpaces;
+  return std::string(header.begin(), header.end()) + message;
 }
 
-void Zabbix::send(const Metric& metric) {
+void Zabbix::sendOverTcp(std::string&& message) {
   try {
-    transport->send(metricToZabbix(metric));
+    std::unique_ptr<Transports::TCP> transport = std::make_unique<Transports::TCP>(socketHostname, socketPort);
+    transport->send(std::move(message));
   } catch (MonitoringInternalException&) {
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Backends/Zabbix.h b/src/Backends/Zabbix.h
index b7392a2c1..1bf148d39 100644
--- a/src/Backends/Zabbix.h
+++ b/src/Backends/Zabbix.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "Monitoring/Backend.h"
 #include "../Transports/TCP.h"
 #include "../MonLogger.h"
+#include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -39,20 +40,32 @@ class Zabbix final : public Backend
     /// \param metric    reference to metric object
     void send(const Metric& metric) override;
 
+    /// Sends multiple metric in single packet
+    /// \param name     measurement name
+    /// \param metrics  list of metrics
+    void sendMultiple(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics) override;
+
     /// Adds tag
     /// \param name      tag name
     /// \param value     tag value
     void addGlobalTag(std::string name, std::string value) override;
   
   private:
-    /// TCP transport
-    std::unique_ptr<Transports::TCP> transport;
+    /// Zabbix server hostname
+    std::string socketHostname;
+
+    /// Zabbix sever port
+    int socketPort;
 
     /// Hostname as required by Zabbix protocol
     std::string hostname;
 
+    /// Sends Zabbix formatted message over TCP
+    /// \param message 	Zabbix message
+    void sendOverTcp(std::string&& message);
+
     /// Prepares Zabbix protocol message
-    std::string metricToZabbix(const Metric& metric);
+    std::string createMessage(const boost::property_tree::ptree& dataArray);
 
     /// Converts timestamp into unix format
     /// \param timestamp chrono system_clock timestamp
diff --git a/src/Collector.cxx b/src/Collector.cxx
index 9fd631ee7..067e02f1c 100644
--- a/src/Collector.cxx
+++ b/src/Collector.cxx
@@ -156,34 +156,14 @@ void Collector::addDerivedMetric(std::string name, DerivedMetricMode mode) {
 
 void Collector::send(std::string measurement, std::vector<Metric>&& metrics)
 {
-  // find InfluxDB index
-  size_t influxIndex = -1;
   for (auto& b: mBackends) {
-    if (dynamic_cast<Backends::InfluxDB*>(b.get())) {
-      influxIndex = &b-&mBackends[0];
-    }
-  }
-  // send single metric to InfluxDB
-  dynamic_cast<Backends::InfluxDB*>(
-    mBackends[influxIndex].get())->sendMultiple(measurement, std::move(metrics)
-  );
-
-  // send multiple metric to all other backends (prepend metric name with measurement name)
-  for (auto& m : metrics) {
-    std::string tempName = m.getName();
-    m.setName(measurement + "-" + m.getName());
-    send(std::move(m), influxIndex);
-    m.setName(tempName);
+    b->sendMultiple(measurement, std::move(metrics));
   }
 }
 
-void Collector::send(Metric&& metric, std::size_t skipBackend)
+void Collector::send(Metric&& metric)
 {
-  std::size_t index = 0;
   for (auto& b: mBackends) {
-    if (index++ == skipBackend) {
-      continue;
-    }
     b->send(metric);
   }
   if (mDerivedHandler->isRegistered(metric.getName())) {