From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 14:39:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4272E106566C for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:39:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from numardbsd@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E768FC16 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:39:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from numardbsd@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so3088217wfg.7 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:39:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:face:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hOagXOr06YcEN4GPk1eGzyeXg1Ognyty+U0nNgiB16A=; b=BULOVmKP1gXzUgU1mP2NXrMzXNX1i3UkjoZ0AwqnAngFji61ecQzcmD1Bnmy+zm2ue WtJtJfWqH33DF7JwgzvQvAmKarWLp9h5bPCWfFAOQOmYu0lhZW95L+6bHvadPcP0ecXr DwJrqE9jW4YwJ71i0+cjOQ4RLYnI8aBCztezc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :face:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HlDl04eTsewQHyt5z9t/Yg/O4eyfxiaftTBeXnjYcCOHC6QJlu6e2XFPmTeGkqCWtt DtsaRkcTbFDz1WdwquibrM/BUNAwyISw7AfRw57ToItLQ2mJ24ObH5UdW9grfj8APqlZ oh7fb8N+pCTMiz+ozDlkt75zswekPYss29oMA= Received: by 10.141.28.4 with SMTP id f4mr6590376rvj.35.1221662373628; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:39:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ayiin ( [124.170.218.78]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k41sm27819311rvb.9.2008.09.17.07.39.31 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:39:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:39:27 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: David Wolfskill Message-ID: <20080918003927.56387d63@ayiin> In-Reply-To: <20080914120749.GN11991@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <20080912234822.GK11991@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20080914211136.1be3550d@ayiin> <20080914120749.GN11991@bunrab.catwhisker.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using sysctl(1) to gather resource consumption data X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:39:34 -0000 On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:07:49 -0700 David Wolfskill wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 09:11:36PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > > ... > > Out of curiosity, how does bsnmpd compare to your approach with regards to > > impact on the system. It is part of 7.0 , not sure about previous versions, > > and it is definitely a more standard and cross platform approach , with > > support @ NOC / alerting side of things. > > > > (for what is worth, i've only used net-snmpd , not bsnmpd )... > > Understood. As I understand it, an SNMP daemon (whether bsnmpd or > net-snmpd) would require some configuration on the remote host, and I > wasn't willing to require that. fair enough. I don't know about the default config of bsnmpd, but "default" in net-smpd, IIRC, means you access as public, pretty open. Not sure if there are MIBs for the information you need though. > Also, the only times I have used SNMP, it has been using a version that > did not support encryption in any form (as for as I know), and since > some of the transit was over facilities we don't control, I thought it > would be a bit more sensible to use SSH for the transport. but do you use encryption with your current system? [...] > Mind, I'm not especially keen on re-inventing stuff that already works > (or can be reasonably persuaded to work). But in this case, running an > SNMP daemon seemed to fail to meet my (admittedly, somewhat self- > imposed) requirements. hey , your requirements are yours :) I was just curious to know why snmp didnt cut it. B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Gravity cannot be blamed for people falling in love." Albert Einstein I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.