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

[4k3nd0 <4k3nd0@googlemail.com>]

On 06/27/2011 06:33 PM, Mick wrote:
> 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.
I agree with you, Nagios is just amazing.

Greeting's 4k3nd0