Re: Cacti -vs- mrtg
Also check out CactiEZ . its a distribution package of sorts that will load a complete system on a spare box. Basically a quick and dirty for those not wanting to take all the steps of installing an OS first and then the packages and plug-ins. http://cactiusers.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cacti -vs- mrtg
On Tuesday 07 November 2006 09:48, Jeff Mohler wrote: I can use MRTG, and have MRTG do what I want it to do. Id like to try cacti, but..am I alone in finding that it's a PITA? Im not trying to be negative, just looking for a reality check. I like the simplicity of mrtg, but I like the go back in time of cacti to view performance data. I wasn't keen on cacti just because I have an irrational dislike of PHP. I installed cricket (written in Perl), which ISTR also takes a bit of wrestling to configure, but seems to work well enough. Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cacti -vs- mrtg
Jeff Mohler wrote: I can use MRTG, and have MRTG do what I want it to do. Id like to try cacti, but..am I alone in finding that it's a PITA? Im not trying to be negative, just looking for a reality check. I like the simplicity of mrtg, but I like the go back in time of cacti to view performance data. If its just a matter of a package that's not ready for Joe Public (thats me)..Id accept that. :) I think it's more that there's more than one kind of Joe Public. If you want to present your graphs to your customers/users, or a subset to different users, or apply the same set of graphs to a number of different hosts, or make custom rrdtool graphs (stacks, additional graph elements), then Cacti will let you do that. If you just want a quick dirty tool that's easy to configure for your handful of hosts, then MRTG is just the job. We use both where I work, with Cacti for the bulk-graphing and customer facing stuff, and some MRTG where I just knocked up a quick perl script to measure something. Cacti has quite a nice plugin system, and importable templates from other users that you might be able to use to save yourself some time. I find getting my own templates working in Cacti to be a PITA too, though. shamelessplugIt also has some useful plugins, including a couple of my own. The main one of those being PHP Network Weathermap (http://wotsit.thingy.com/haj/cacti/) which will work with both MRTG and Cacti, to produce graphical overviews of your network./shamelessplug Bear in mind there are also other tools out there in the MRTG/Cacti space: DVG, NRG, Hermes, Cricket... rrdtool.org has a list of many. Most are geared towards folks running 100s-1000s of graphs, that I have seen, and may not be your kind of thing, as a result. Best Regards, Howie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cacti -vs- mrtg
Thats cool..I dont mind the plug. :) I want to build a flexable performance analyzer for netapp boxes on some very critical data..that I can customise per customer if I have to, down to a 10-15sec window. I'll have to check out the other tools..heck..I cant get a stock cacti install to make a graph of my localhost interface counts. I dont wanna get into that here however. Gimme a customer Pb of storage, and a SOW to configure it by... PS: Betcha never heard of the middle aged blonde singer dude fromthe UK. :) On 11/7/06, Howard Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff Mohler wrote: I can use MRTG, and have MRTG do what I want it to do. Id like to try cacti, but..am I alone in finding that it's a PITA? Im not trying to be negative, just looking for a reality check. I like the simplicity of mrtg, but I like the go back in time of cacti to view performance data. If its just a matter of a package that's not ready for Joe Public (thats me)..Id accept that. :) I think it's more that there's more than one kind of Joe Public. If you want to present your graphs to your customers/users, or a subset to different users, or apply the same set of graphs to a number of different hosts, or make custom rrdtool graphs (stacks, additional graph elements), then Cacti will let you do that. If you just want a quick dirty tool that's easy to configure for your handful of hosts, then MRTG is just the job. We use both where I work, with Cacti for the bulk-graphing and customer facing stuff, and some MRTG where I just knocked up a quick perl script to measure something. Cacti has quite a nice plugin system, and importable templates from other users that you might be able to use to save yourself some time. I find getting my own templates working in Cacti to be a PITA too, though. shamelessplugIt also has some useful plugins, including a couple of my own. The main one of those being PHP Network Weathermap (http://wotsit.thingy.com/haj/cacti/) which will work with both MRTG and Cacti, to produce graphical overviews of your network./shamelessplug Bear in mind there are also other tools out there in the MRTG/Cacti space: DVG, NRG, Hermes, Cricket... rrdtool.org has a list of many. Most are geared towards folks running 100s-1000s of graphs, that I have seen, and may not be your kind of thing, as a result. Best Regards, Howie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cacti -vs- mrtg
I can use MRTG, and have MRTG do what I want it to do. Id like to try cacti, but..am I alone in finding that it's a PITA? Im not trying to be negative, just looking for a reality check. I like the simplicity of mrtg, but I like the go back in time of cacti to view performance data. If its just a matter of a package that's not ready for Joe Public (thats me)..Id accept that. :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
