RE: Monitoring Server Health

2006-06-28 Thread Jerlique Bahn
> > So to clarify my initial request, what I am seeking recommendations for > is > > the program that collects the information, such as server load, > temperature, > > open tcp connections etc of the freebsd server itself. > > > > I already have the program to process the data, of which part of thi

Re: Monitoring Server Health

2006-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
I use bigsister, which is in the ports. Bigsister trys to use snmp and to be non-invasive. However, any monitoring comes with some overhead. On the good side bigsister is cross-platform and can be used on Windows servers as well as FreeBSD (and other 'NIXs too.)Bigsister can be configure

Re: Monitoring Server Health

2006-06-25 Thread Howard Jones
Jerlique Bahn wrote: Actually mrtg is used to graph the results of the program that I am looking for. So to clarify my initial request, what I am seeking recommendations for is the program that collects the information, such as server load, temperature, open tcp connections etc of the freebsd

RE: Monitoring Server Health

2006-06-25 Thread Jerlique Bahn
Hello Laurence, > > What are sys-admin's using to monitor the status and health of their > freebsd > > servers? > > > ports/net-mgmt/mrtg/ > > It can be hit and miss to get set up, but once you have it working it's > quite good at providing the information you're looking for. Actually mrtg is us

Re: Monitoring Server Health

2006-06-25 Thread Laurence Sanford
Jerlique Bahn wrote: Hello, What are sys-admin's using to monitor the status and health of their freebsd servers? Specifically what I mean is the collection of data from the server such as CPU Utilization, memory utilization, various networking resources (eg active connections), disk health etc

Monitoring Server Health

2006-06-24 Thread Jerlique Bahn
Hello, What are sys-admin's using to monitor the status and health of their freebsd servers? Specifically what I mean is the collection of data from the server such as CPU Utilization, memory utilization, various networking resources (eg active connections), disk health etc. I do not mean progr