On Fri, August 7, 2009 11:00, James Lance wrote: > On Aug 5, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Ryan Simpkins wrote: >> Every question I could think to ask was >> answered previously on the forums. >> >> Conclusion: >> Zabbix took a little longer to set up than other monitoring >> solutions I've >> used, a symptom of unreasonable defaults that ship with the package. >> However, >> once set up and optimized Zabbix offers monitoring and historical >> data with a >> minimum of pain and hassle. It is nice having everything self >> contained in one >> package, making deployment and management of the system much easier. >> >> Please feel free to ask any questions. >> >> -Ryan > > So for a 10-15 computer system would you use zabbix again, or would > you revert back to nagios or some other platform? >
It depends on a lot of factors such as familiarity with nagios, time, overall cost, advanced features, requirements, etc. The learning curve with anything new is long, esspecially when the docs are not super clear. There are a LOT of great features inside of Nagios that Zabbix does not have. For 10-15 servers I can live without them. If you have 20,000, those features are a must. For me personally, I would only do it again if I could take advantage of the templates built and knowledge gained. One of the features of Zabbix is the ability to export triggers, items, etc. I suppose if someone twists my arm I can export some basic templates. In a business environment where monitoring is the key focus - Nagios would be my choice. Nagios is a proven platform with a wide install base. There are many people who run it, and many people who monitor tends of thousands of servers with it. In these cases pretty graphs tend to not be as important as knowing when a service is off-line. If you get serious about Zabbix, contact me off list. I can set up a full-featured (read+write) account for you on my system, then you can install the agent on a server or two and play around with it a little. We might both learn some things. -Ryan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
