On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Travis Roy wrote: > I would like to switch to something linux based. I'm installing Nagios > right now on my home server to tinker with it and see how it compairs. I > was just wondering what people on the list have tried and what they would > suggest I take a look at.
Nagios is nice... but man it can get complex. I scrapped it because it was just too much of a pain to get it running just right. > I need it to not only monitor servers by ping, but also services on the > machine, as well as CPU/Memory usage (via SNMP most likely) and routers > and switches (also via SNMP). I scrapped it in favor of big brother - very simple, very easy. There's a few nice addons that can be found at deadcat.net. The other thing I did was replace MRTG with Avalon. This is far and away the easiest and nicest program I've found like this yet. And it's free.. http://www.bb4.com http://www.deadcat.net http://freshmeat.net/projects/percival -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" -- Albert Einstein. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss