From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68EB51381F3 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 05:42:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A21EE0943; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 05:42:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f175.google.com (mail-qc0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67014E0908 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 05:42:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f175.google.com with SMTP id v2so3271961qcr.20 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:42:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=e4i+1+y0AdR1E+R6w35uCnAEWdmXQkkc1bfafjdB39E=; b=IDsso5iiLAf+U/eIo3N/7MnELkDUBYVPsuYotbBNxNAB+172x0isRzfg0+na5tHm3v FU05JwJ6ub9Bex/EhA56hwTEuxDcQtrIM23qSHpqac+OMGy/74nG88VIIllRjCtMGEjS lhbJ51UjJ0lw7x/vzLaPvlVpRVEMeOSte/m0e+khjjEygFwvrNycrF3DqMDXqv3im2Tl Z981DcD4jDUoJ/kxO2Aj3rY+aaONMF4NwAUoeiNDA50mqnAvTnU8qFhHm7gAiZbRiZo5 540E5ozIX6pI3uRbL6r614WZE/++S4jKigT4rntDGVqJYxL+5ZjJrppYM8o1DidDvsBw 0yxQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.22.133 with SMTP id n5mr3810734qab.17.1379396541580; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:42:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.25.83 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:42:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:42:21 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} tried Nimsoft Monitoring? From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 93ebe61b-bf01-4616-a5ee-3e05f4ac183d X-Archives-Hash: b37e411b679befc0083f371aa4e5c9b6 >> Has anyone tried Nimsoft Monitoring? It's included at Soft Layer >> which must mean a free license. > > No. IBM has a general strategy to "suck you in" > so caveat emptor...... You really wan to install > IBM binaries on any machine? (Think NSA). Nevermind! >> It looks like a substitute for Nagios. > > Nagios has been under numerous stresses for > quite some time, for a variety of reasons, imho. > Forking, Borking, and Porking out is what I see > of Nagios; ymmv. I didn't realize that. > jffnms is well written, modular and quite responsive > to the individual's (organization's) needs, imho. > All in source code form. > > Last time I checked, there was a new (recent) ebuild > for jffnms. Patches are easy to apply and I think > (Gentoo) folks are starting to use jffnms much more. > > Check it out, most are happy with it, and find it > easy (particulary with SNMP 1,2.3) to install and extend. It looks great, thank you for the recommendation. Have you used munin? If so, do you think jffnms is a substitute or compliment to that package? - Grant