On Wed, July 25, 2012 17:43, Brian Martin wrote: > I've always used SNMP/MRTG to capture and present system performance > information (NIC utilization, CPU load, memory load, paging, disk wait > time, > etc.). These are "just OK" in my book. I find MRTG in particular finicky > and unnecessarily complex to set up. Not hard, just a lot of nuisances. > I > know there must be better, widely available packages that aren't so heavy > they distort the numbers significantly or a hassle to install. I don't > need > a lot of super features, just the basics of how is the system running and > what are the trends. So, what are all you cool kids out there (and > everyone else) using for this in modern times? > > -Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
While it didn't meet my needs, I found that Munin was pretty good for setting up and displaying data. My biggest problem was it collected (nad stored in rrd) data on a 5 minute intervals. I needed something with a little more granularity. I've also looked at Ganglia, and it seemed a lot better in some regards, but I had some issues on a non-flat network (multiple VLANs) that I didn't take a lot of time to investigate. Both have a variety of plug-ins for various things and were fairly easy to install and use. And both had ways to add your own data into the system fairly easily. Tim -- Timothy J. Bruce visit my Website at: http://www.tbruce.com Registered Linux User #325725 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
