From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 7 08:40:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7910116A40F for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:40:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from speedtoys.racing@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FD6543D5D for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:40:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from speedtoys.racing@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m18so97828nfc for ; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:40:38 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=GqOWPoda0a8NSpRH527Du0A5qRc5fPh7X+geAl4Ufu2KAAxQwSUOzgw1tlbjEWUmFUr2PtSlzolFFlg+rga78J5nsZZ2kDuUaYYHg92Mg1reUCH5NF6Qaz63wknYeCj6wygXb/vY70CMvStqAYWznAXE7N6S4mvWGZ4fk9Q4HTo= Received: by 10.49.21.8 with SMTP id y8mr318540nfi.1162888837543; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:40:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.203.16 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 00:40:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 00:40:37 -0800 From: "Jeff Mohler" To: "Howard Jones" In-Reply-To: <455041D4.5030702@thingy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <455041D4.5030702@thingy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cacti -vs- mrtg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:40:40 -0000 Thats cool..I dont mind the plug. :) I want to build a flexable performance analyzer for netapp boxes on some very critical data..that I can customise per customer if I have to, down to a 10-15sec window. I'll have to check out the other tools..heck..I cant get a stock cacti install to make a graph of my localhost interface counts. I dont wanna get into that here however. Gimme a customer Pb of storage, and a SOW to configure it by... PS: Betcha never heard of the middle aged blonde singer dude fromthe UK. :) On 11/7/06, Howard Jones wrote: > Jeff Mohler wrote: > > I can use MRTG, and have MRTG do what I want it to do. > > > > Id like to try cacti, but..am I alone in finding that it's a PITA? > > > > Im not trying to be negative, just looking for a reality check. > > > > > > I like the simplicity of mrtg, but I like the "go back in time" of > > cacti to view performance data. > > > > > > If its just a matter of a package that's not ready for Joe Public > > (thats me)..Id accept that. :) > I think it's more that there's more than one kind of Joe Public. If you > want to present your graphs to your customers/users, or a subset to > different users, or apply the same set of graphs to a number of > different hosts, or make custom rrdtool graphs (stacks, additional graph > elements), then Cacti will let you do that. If you just want a quick & > dirty tool that's easy to configure for your handful of hosts, then MRTG > is just the job. > > We use both where I work, with Cacti for the bulk-graphing and customer > facing stuff, and some MRTG where I just knocked up a quick perl script > to measure something. Cacti has quite a nice plugin system, and > importable templates from other users that you might be able to use to > save yourself some time. I find getting my own templates working in > Cacti to be a PITA too, though. > > It also has some useful plugins, including a couple of my > own. The main one of those being PHP Network Weathermap > (http://wotsit.thingy.com/haj/cacti/) which will work with both MRTG and > Cacti, to produce graphical overviews of your network. > > Bear in mind there are also other tools out there in the MRTG/Cacti > space: DVG, NRG, Hermes, Cricket... rrdtool.org has a list of many. Most > are geared towards folks running 100s-1000s of graphs, that I have seen, > and may not be your kind of thing, as a result. > > Best Regards, > > Howie >