5 minutes to configure, sure, but that's not taking into account what *YOU* want it to do :)
Then again, there's a lot to be said for the average case scenario. Tony Tambasco tonytambasco.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 716-450-8148 --- On Tue, 5/20/08, Andrew Parson O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Andrew Parson O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: service and performance monitoring tools... which to choose? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 4:40 PM > Hello, > > I've been looking at Splunk for a while: > http://www.splunk.com/download > > it has modules for system logs + apache and many others yet > also seems > very easy to extend with scripts. It's available as an > rpm which > may(!) make life easier. The free version should be > sufficient for > your needs. > > Once your data's on the reporting machine it seems you > can configure > alerts / reports / event response scripts in a pretty > flexible manner. > There's fancy graphs to amaze the manager! > http://www.splunk.com/article/2186 > > One of the cooler aspects in my opinion is that you can > annotate > certain recurring messages with significance / response > information. > Splunk also provides a commercial service where they give > you access > to their database of annotations which seem to do some type > of event > correlation. > > There also seems to be a fairly useful collection of user > contributed > extensions > http://www.splunkbase.com/apps/All/?sort=downloads > > I've never used the software but it might be something > worth looking > into. The download page claims it only takes 5 minutes to > > configure!!! (LOL) > > ~Andy > > > Quoting Mike Raley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
