And see, those are exactly the reasons why I dislike MRTG and LOVE SA. I grab my data, stick it in a SQL Server db table, where I can then generate reports (some of which are automatically generated and emailed every day/week/month) or have .asp pages look at SQL Statements or Views and generate Java graphs on the fly.
I'm sorry, but storing seriously large amounts of production critical data (we have SLAs with clients) in a text file is simply ridiculous. Michael D. Shook Technical Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] 863 668 4477 (work) 863 860 4070 (cell) 863 665 1261 (fax) www.saddlecrk.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Kelly Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 1:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] Bandwidth RRD was written by the same guy that developed MRTG. RRD is a good way for storing and displaying that sort of data (where you want 5 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, etc) graphs. MRTG is fabulous for *collecting* the data then putting it in RRD for better management (MRTG natively only uses text log files) and it's better/faster at generating graphs in real time. Directly from the RRDTool website: RRDtool is not a replacement for MRTG, as it does not implement the frontend and data aquisition features of MRTG (MRTG can be configured to use RRDtool as its database backend and together with a cgi grapher like 14all or mrtg-rrd all your mrtg graphs can be generated on demand). If you can program yourself you can use RRDtool right out of the box or if you don't program you can use one of several frontends which use RRDtool. Hope that clears things up for you. -chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 1:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Bandwidth > > Isn't this something (the monitoring/graphing) that RRD can > do too? And SA can then integrate with RRD. In v4 only for > roundtrip times, in v5 for the tests results too. > > > Dirk. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:15 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Bandwidth > > If you take a closer look at MRTG, it *can* alert, but that > certainly isn't its primary purpose in life. In addition, > you'll need some scripting/programming skills that are > definitely beyond me at the moment to make it go. > > That said, MRTG is a very cool tool, if you need to monitor > SNMP-capable devices, and know which OIDs you wish to > monitor. It's certainly the right tool for monitoring > bandwidth utilization for an SNMP-capable network device, > since the OIDs for those are usually quite well-known. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 07:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Bandwidth > > > SA is able to log into RRD. > >From what I see MRTG is not realy monitor (since it can't alert to my > knowledge), it's able to make graphs of bandwidth (and other > things it can see via SNMP). Similar to RRD.... > > > > Dirk. > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SA-list] Bandwidth > > > > That raises an interesting question for me. What's the > relationship between SA and MRTG (or other bandwidth > monitoring tools). Where do SA's logging come into play with > this sort of thing? > > Ian > > > Ian K Gray > OEL IS - European Network Operations > Tel: +44 1236 502661 > Mob: +44 7881 518854 > > > "Richard Temple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 22/09/2004 11:55 Please respond to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc > SubjectRE: [SA-list] Bandwidth > > > > > > > > If you ADSL router support SNMP, then you will better off > using MRTG for > this (www.mrtg.org). > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stuart Brereton > Sent: 22 September 2004 11:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SA-list] Bandwidth > > Hi all, > > I have a windows 2000 server, a windows NT4 Server, a BT (British > Telecom) > ADSL router, and a Netgear router that I would like to > monitor bandwidth > used/bandwidth availible on. > > Would Servers Alive be able to do this? > > Cheers, Stuart > > Stuart Brereton > Network Technician > ntl: Business > Grosvenor House, > Prospect Hill, > Redditch, > B97 4ER > Tel : 01527 494043 > > > > > > > ------------------------- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > > > > ------------------------- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > > > > > > > > ------------------------- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > > > > > > > ------------------------- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > With the following in the body of the message: > unsubscribe SAlive > ------------------------- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive ------------------------- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive
