Greetings Vaguers,
I have been doing alot of research on System, Network
and Performance monitoring tools that a small IT shop
can use to keep a close eye on a small web cluster.
After an attempt at installing zabbix which I feel
free to admit was an unmitigated disaster, I decided
to seek the knowledge of the wise ones (eg all of
you!)
I'm trying to determine a good suite, or (preferably)
a single application to use for monitoring.
Preferably available as RPM distribution (for ease of
maintenance), has the ability to monitor logs, system
and application performance, as well as service status
(eg, is apache up on a given machine?) and most
importantly, simple enough that a single busy sysadmin
can keep an eye on everything w/out spending too much
time doing it.
I've narrowed the list to what I believe to be a few
good contenders and was hoping that anyone might chime
in with their experiences with, opinions of, and
general feelings on them.
The list as currently stands is:
Nagios: A Tried an True solution, but doesn't have
everything I'm looking for.
Webalizer: web server log file analysis program, part
of the whole which I am looking for.
Zabbix: Alot of potential, installation is a
nightmare, and documentation is poor
Zenoss: Looks to be a good tool, but does not contain
all of the functionality I am looking for
HypericHQ: Looks to be a good choice to do everything
GroundWork: Appears to pull together several other
projects.
So, does anyone have any strong opinions, experience,
or would just like to chime in on something I missed?
Many thanks!
Mike
