--On Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:41 AM +0200 Panel Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I thought the interest of mon was its lightweight and simplicity to
> configure.
>
I agree those are good features of Mon, but at the same time Mon allows for
very complex config files, and can be used in a distributed setup (but
seldom is I'm guessing). And with larger installations you need a way to
maintain the config file other then just telling people where it is and
letting them edit it directly. Thats the issue we're trying to address.
> If someone wants a full-featured web-based monitoring tools, why not
> moving to Nagios/Netsaint or Big Brother instead of a Web-UI for Mon ?
>
>From what I can gather from the websites for those packages those systems
don't solve this problem either. I'm not looking for a more complex Mon
client interface, I'm looking for a powerful configuration file generator.
Neither of the packages above lists anything on their web sites about their
configuration system, but I'd bet that if they had a web interface for
updating the config file that supports all the features I want, they'd
mention it.
-David Nolan
Network Software Developer
Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University
