[olug] Network/Systems monitoring solution

Dave Thacker dthacker9 at cox.net
Wed Oct 31 23:39:19 UTC 2007


On Tuesday 30 October 2007 08:29, Travis Owens wrote:
> Hello all...
>
> I sifted through a thread on another list last week and found a few
> applications for Network and Systems monitoring. Just thought I'd post a
> question to you all and see what'd I'd get back...
>
> What are the best features (yes, I know that's a subjective term) you've
> seen in your application of choice?
> ( nagios, ganglia, big brother, opennms, hyperic, zabbix, etc...)
>
> As a follow-up to that question, what would you say you'd really like added
> to a Network/Systems monitoring/reporting/alerting/incident-tracking
> system?

I'd like the monitoring system to monitor and notify, period.  Most of them 
don't have sufficient intelligence to decide whether something should be 
restarted, killed or other.  

DT




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