RE: [SA-list] SA Evolution

[Vogl, Tom]

1) Easy to build tools to manage it. 2) More self-documentation (if you use good tag names) 3) Can enforce structure via a good dtd (can have, must have, no more than, etc).   =tv=   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:57 AM To: salive@woodstone.nu Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Evolution Why?   Dirk.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vogl, Tom Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 3:52 PM To: salive@woodstone.nu Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Evolution What about changing the config file to an XML format?   -tom   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Stone Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 10:24 AM To: salive@woodstone.nu Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Evolution Please define "pig".  I've got over 1500 checks and don't share that observation.    The config file is just a delimited text file, you can play with it in whatever program you want.  You just do so at your own risk.   Using a database for the configs would be nice but I would rather have the option to use it or a text file(just to make it more complicated to program).  A text file is the easiest database to deal with and quite easy to back up.  Small sites and many users may prefer the simplicity of a text file.   -Kevin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of paul ockenden Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 5:02 AM To: salive@woodstone.nu Subject: Re: [SA-list] SA Evolution   The user interface is a bit of a pig once you get more than twenty or so checks in place.   I wish there was a data export/import mechanism so I could copy the data into Excel or some kind of database, play with the entries, and then re-import it into SA.   Even better would be if SA kept the data in a proper database (SQL Server, MySQL, etc.) rather than a text file. That way, people could use their favourite database tools, write Web interfaces, etc. etc.   P.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Nate Johnson To: salive@woodstone.nu Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:15 AM Subject: RE: [SA-list] SA Evolution Yes!  That is my biggest complaint about Servers Alive. It is extremely difficult to manage in a datacenter environment when running as a service.  Having to stop the service to access the management interface is very tedious.  I would also like to have a nice API (Other than telnet) that we can integrate into our provisioning applications so that checks automatically created when new servers get deployed.     Just my 2 cents.       Nate Johnson - RISTech, Inc.  <http://www.ristech.net/> www.ristech.net  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (310)-754-2311   The Event Hosting Experts     [incoming email checked]