Systerm Monitoring
Ramesh Basukala
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> 1. RE: Systerm Monitoring (nitin.gizare at wipro.com)
> 2. Re: Systerm Monitoring (Andoni -)
> 3. Re: Systerm Monitoring (Trevor Hemsley)
> 4. Re: Systerm Monitoring (Jonathan Billings)
> 5. Re: Systerm Monitoring (Lincoln Fessenden)
> 6. RE: Systerm Monitoring (nitin.gizare at wipro.com)
> 7. Re: Systerm Monitoring (Matt Joyce)
> 8. RE: Systerm Monitoring (nitin.gizare at wipro.com)
> 9. Re: Systerm Monitoring (Jeffrey G Thomas)
> 10. Re: Systerm Monitoring (GaryCarr)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 10:10:03 +0530
> From: <nitin.gizare at wipro.com>
> Subject: RE: Systerm Monitoring
> To: <redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com>
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> HI
>
>
>
> Ok thanks ,we have about 125 Servers...
>
>
>
> Rgds
>
> Nitin
>
>
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> [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Joseph
> Chen
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:08 AM
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
>
>
>
> Basically it depends on your servers' amount. If you have more than 100
> servers, I think zabbix should be a better choice, otherwises nagios is
> highly recommended.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Dwight Hubbard
> <dwight.hubbard at efausol.com> wrote:
>
> Nagios
>
> Some other stuff looks prettier but I haven't found anything as
> functional.
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:27 PM, <nitin.gizare at wipro.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All
>
>
>
> I am looking for some good system monitoring which are easy to
> implement.
>
> Also let me know how make sure system is healthy?, as of now I
> am taking info from uptime/top and checking for load.
>
> Please let me know u expert suggestions,
>
>
>
>
>
> Rgds
>
> Nitin
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> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:08:33 +0200
> From: Andoni - <andoni at tierradeayala.com>
> Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
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> Hi!
>
> I have about 4.000 servers and use:
>
> http://www.xymon.com/
> http://www.cacti.net/
> http://www.nagios.org/
>
> Bye
> Andoni
>
> 2009/8/5 <nitin.gizare at wipro.com>
>
> > HI
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok thanks ,we have about 125 Servers…
> >
> >
> >
> > Rgds
> >
> > Nitin
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> > redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Joseph Chen
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:08 AM
> > *To:* redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> > *Subject:* Re: Systerm Monitoring
> >
> >
> >
> > Basically it depends on your servers' amount. If you have more than 100
> > servers, I think zabbix should be a better choice, otherwises nagios is
> > highly recommended.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Dwight Hubbard <
> > dwight.hubbard at efausol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Nagios
> >
> > Some other stuff looks prettier but I haven't found anything as
> functional.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:27 PM, <nitin.gizare at wipro.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All
> >
> >
> >
> > I am looking for some good system monitoring which are easy to implement.
> >
> > Also let me know how make sure system is healthy?, as of now I am taking
> > info from uptime/top and checking for load.
> >
> > Please let me know u expert suggestions,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rgds
> >
> > Nitin
> >
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> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:58:29 +0100
> From: Trevor Hemsley <trevor.hemsley at codefarm.com>
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> I removed Zabbix from our environment because it was too resource
> intensive (it wanted to use about 50% cpu on a quad core 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM
> machine) just to monitor a few dozen servers. Maybe I could have done
> some investigation of why it was like this but the product was installed
> by a colleague who'd spent about 4 months getting it to this point.
>
> I replaced it with Nagios in about 2 days and that barely registers on
> any measuring tools :)
>
> nitin.gizare at wipro.com wrote:
> >
> > HI
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok thanks ,we have about 125 Servers…
> >
> >
> >
> > Rgds
> >
> > Nitin
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Joseph
> > Chen
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:08 AM
> > *To:* redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> > *Subject:* Re: Systerm Monitoring
> >
> >
> >
> > Basically it depends on your servers' amount. If you have more than
> > 100 servers, I think zabbix should be a better choice, otherwises
> > nagios is highly recommended.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Dwight Hubbard
> > <dwight.hubbard at efausol.com <mailto:dwight.hubbard at efausol.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Nagios
> >
> > Some other stuff looks prettier but I haven't found anything as
> > functional.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:27 PM, <nitin.gizare at wipro.com
> > <mailto:nitin.gizare at wipro.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All
> >
> >
> >
> > I am looking for some good system monitoring which are easy to
> > implement.
> >
> > Also let me know how make sure system is healthy?, as of now I am
> > taking info from uptime/top and checking for load.
> >
> > Please let me know u expert suggestions,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rgds
> >
> > Nitin
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Dwight Hubbard
> > Owner Effective Automation Solutions
> > Website: http://effectiveautomationsolutions.com
> > Blog: http://computing.dwighthubbard.info
> > Email: dwight at dwighthubbard.com <mailto:dwight at dwighthubbard.com>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:28:56 -0400
> From: Jonathan Billings <jsbillin at umich.edu>
> Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
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> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 09:58:29AM +0100, Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> > I removed Zabbix from our environment because it was too resource
> > intensive (it wanted to use about 50% cpu on a quad core 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM
> > machine) just to monitor a few dozen servers. Maybe I could have done
> > some investigation of why it was like this but the product was installed
> > by a colleague who'd spent about 4 months getting it to this point.
>
> One of the reasons I moved away from zabbix is that it opens up a
> connection to the monitored host's zabbix agent for every single item
> that it is monitoring -- and the default template for linux includes
> about a hundred items, so every time it checks a host it makes at
> least 100 connections to the same host.
>
> --
> Jonathan Billings <jonathan.billings at umich.edu>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:30:33 -0400
> From: Lincoln Fessenden <lincoln.fessenden at jefferson.edu>
> Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <4A796D59.2070602 at jefferson.edu>
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> Joseph Chen wrote:
> > Basically it depends on your servers' amount. If you have more than
> > 100 servers, I think zabbix should be a better choice, otherwises
> > nagios is highly recommended.
> Using Nagios on hundreds of servers here with no problems.
>
> --
> Lincoln Fessenden
> Jeff-IT Linux Systems Administrator
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:31:33 +0530
> From: <nitin.gizare at wipro.com>
> Subject: RE: Systerm Monitoring
> To: <redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com>
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> HI
>
> What is right kind of configuration I should choose for the Monitoring
> Server?
>
> Rgds
> Nitin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Lincoln
> Fessenden
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:01 PM
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
>
> Joseph Chen wrote:
> > Basically it depends on your servers' amount. If you have more than
> > 100 servers, I think zabbix should be a better choice, otherwises
> > nagios is highly recommended.
> Using Nagios on hundreds of servers here with no problems.
>
> --
> Lincoln Fessenden
> Jeff-IT Linux Systems Administrator
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:31:51 +1000
> From: Matt Joyce <matt.joyce at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
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> Have been using Nagios for year. Rock solid.Not just reliable, but can be
> as simple or as complex as you need it to be.
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:01 PM, <nitin.gizare at wipro.com> wrote:
>
> > HI
> >
> > What is right kind of configuration I should choose for the Monitoring
> > Server?
> >
> > Rgds
> > Nitin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Lincoln
> > Fessenden
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:01 PM
> > To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
> >
> > Joseph Chen wrote:
> > > Basically it depends on your servers' amount. If you have more than
> > > 100 servers, I think zabbix should be a better choice, otherwises
> > > nagios is highly recommended.
> > Using Nagios on hundreds of servers here with no problems.
> >
> > --
> > Lincoln Fessenden
> > Jeff-IT Linux Systems Administrator
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> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:03:51 +0530
> From: <nitin.gizare at wipro.com>
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> HI
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Rgds
>
> Nitin
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> ________________________________
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> [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Matt Joyce
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:02 PM
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
>
>
>
> Have been using Nagios for year. Rock solid.
>
> Not just reliable, but can be as simple or as complex as you need it to
> be.
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:01 PM, <nitin.gizare at wipro.com> wrote:
>
> HI
>
> What is right kind of configuration I should choose for the Monitoring
> Server?
>
> Rgds
> Nitin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com
>
> [mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Lincoln
> Fessenden
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:01 PM
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Systerm Monitoring
>
> Joseph Chen wrote:
> > Basically it depends on your servers' amount. If you have more than
> > 100 servers, I think zabbix should be a better choice, otherwises
> > nagios is highly recommended.
> Using Nagios on hundreds of servers here with no problems.
>
> --
> Lincoln Fessenden
> Jeff-IT Linux Systems Administrator
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> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:01:57 -0500
> From: Jeffrey G Thomas <Jeffrey.Thomas at sierra-bravo.com>
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> > I am looking for some good system monitoring which are easy to
> > implement.
>
> I am not sure about the ease-to-implement for any of these, but there were
> two recent discussions on Slashdot.org which may interest you:
> http://slashdot.org/story/09/07/08/210241/slashdot.sourceforge.net
> and
>
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/21/218206/Best-Tools-For-Network-Inventory-Management
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> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:00:36 -0600
> From: GaryCarr <gcarr at lanl.gov>
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> Try "ksysguard". Lets you look at a lot of system parameters. Can
> monitor remote systems through ssh.
>
> nitin.gizare at wipro.com wrote:
> >
> > Hello All
> >
> >
> >
> > I am looking for some good system monitoring which are easy to implement.
> >
> > Also let me know how make sure system is healthy?, as of now I am
> > taking info from uptime/top and checking for load.
> >
> > Please let me know u expert suggestions,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rgds
> >
> > Nitin
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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