Re: [gentoo-user] open source monitoring on gentoo

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Monday 27 Jun 2011 08:45:06 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> thanks to all for your suggestion.
> Still not sure where to turn ...
> 
> Stefan

We can't know which one may best match your needs/expectations/preferences.  
You can spend some time looking at their documentation to get an understanding 
of how difficult it may be to configure them and then play with their online 
demos to experience the touch & feel of each.

Then install the one that best matches your requirements and if your don't 
like it enough install the second best and so on.  If you are prepared to get 
your hands dirty you can somewhat customise the look and feel (e.g. using 
CSS), but the monitoring engine is what will provide you with the necessary 
functionality.

Personally, I ended up using Nagios because at the time it had a load of 
plugins that others did not.  Once I spent a lot of time installing graphing 
engines and configuring it, I had invested too much time to ditch it and try 
something different.

Thankfully, you can start afresh your quest and evaluate how each of these 
tools meets your requirements.

HTH.
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Regards,
Mick

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