On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]>wrote:
> de Haan wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Steven D'Aprano <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> de Haan wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Im fairly new to programming in python, and have a question. >>>> >>>> Im looking to build a program that monitor's certain things on my Linux >>>> system. for instance disk space. What is the best way to monitor a Linux >>>> server without using to much resources? >>>> >>>> Why reinvent the wheel? What's wrong with using an existing system such >>> as >>> Nagios or Cactii? >>> >> >> >> This is true, and yes, Nagios is good for this job. But im wondering what >> the best way is... >> > > Define "best". > > Cheapest? Fastest? Most reliable? Least impact? Most powerful? You can pick > any one, maybe two if you're lucky. > > The best way to talk with the system hardware. (or is that to general?) > > But in general, the best tool is the one that already exists, not the one > that you will spend six months writing to be a fifth as useful. > > > > > -- > Steven > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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