2009/6/22 Ben
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> Hi Lindsay,
>
> Thanks for that comprehensive answer.
>
> So collectd runs on each system itself, but I assume Nagios is centralised
> at some point, so where would be the most sensible place to do that? Is
> there ultra reliable hosting built for just that purpose?
I second Lin
I recommend apcupsd because i've used it, but I notice collectd has a
NUT plugin, so knock yourself out with whatever. :-)
Lindsay
2009/6/22 Dean Hamstead :
> I would have to recommend NUT over apcupsd.
>
> Dean
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> On 6/22/2009, "Ben" wrote:
>
>>Hi Lindsay,
>>
>>Thanks for that comprehensive an
Hi Ben,
That's right, you'd want to aggregate the collectd stats in one place,
and run Nagios on the same system.
In a VM or a dedicated host, it doesn't really matter. There are lots
of hosting providers out there, but I would recommend going for one
geographically proximate to the machines you'r
I would have to recommend NUT over apcupsd.
Dean
On 6/22/2009, "Ben" wrote:
>Hi Lindsay,
>
>Thanks for that comprehensive answer.
>
>So collectd runs on each system itself, but I assume Nagios is centralised
>at some point, so where would be the most sensible place to do that? Is
>there ultra r
Hi Lindsay,
Thanks for that comprehensive answer.
So collectd runs on each system itself, but I assume Nagios is centralised
at some point, so where would be the most sensible place to do that? Is
there ultra reliable hosting built for just that purpose?
2009/6/22 Lindsay Holmwood
> Hi Ben,
Hi Ben,
2009/6/22 b...@bensand.com :
>
> Features:
> + Email notifications on critical events (that I can specify)
> + Overview of all systems being monitored showing current status
>
>
> Monitoring:
>
> Critical:
> * status of software RAID6 array (eg. if any drive fails, even if a hot
> spare
I have just built a debian 5 file server that's also going to host some VMs
for me.
I'll be building a second file server soon, and I'm going to have some
hosted VMs as well.
There's a lot of monitoring software out there and I'm not sure what to use.
I'd like to use the simplest system possible t
