> I would like to know what people are using and/or recommend > for a front-end (w/ rrdtool as a backend) which would address > the following at minimum: > > -- fault-management (alerts, alarms...etc)
I am testing NMIS for routers and use Big Brother for general alerting on system availability, software performance, Website access, oracle database availability and tablespace management (until we get automagic things set up in 9i) etc, etc. BB has hundreds of "plugin" scripts available for doing everything imaginable (see http://www.deadcat.net) from monitoring computer room temperature to checking the weather! BB also has a plugin to provide graphical data (LARRD) based on RRDTool, although I don't use it. > -- performance monitoring (throughput, utilization...etc) > I am using MRTG for lots of network things (routers and switches), MRTG for squid statistics and mail stats and Orca for Solaris servers (mostly system info.) > I'm looking at NMIS (http://www.sins.com.au/nmis/) but just > wondering what folks think of this front-end compared to > others and their recommendation. > I'm impressed by the overall design of NMIS. It's a bit of a struggle to to get it configured and humming (lots of text files to edit,) but overall appears to be a useful alternative to expensive commercial systems. It currently is restricted to monitoring Cisco devices (not a problem here) but there has been some discussion on it's mailing list about monitoring other SNMP devices. Michael Lightfoot Unix Consultant ISG Host Systems Comcare +61 2 62750680 Apologies for the rubbish that follows... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTICE: This e-mail message and attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use or disclose any information in the message or attachments. If received in error, please notify the sender by return email immediately. Comcare does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
