Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:31:34 -0400 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: system admin question... Message-ID: <470D36A6.2040206@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <20071010195759.GA3820@thought.org> References: <20071010195759.GA3820@thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote: > This is for the system admins out there; I brought up this question > last weekend, (re xsysstats, an *old* app), but got no answers, > so again: > > What are the best tools, graphical or otherwise, that I can use > on a dedicated Gnome [or CWTM, KDE, Whatever] workspace that > will help me track each of my four or five computers? > (((Is xosview broken? I have it running here on this pre xorg-7.2 > system.))) xsysstats seems reasonable; are there any others? > I'd like to be able to spot any overloads of file system snafus > before they go critical... . > > thanks for any|all insights, > I am a fan of KISS, I would just start snmpd on each server and then hack a quick perl/ruby/shell script to check on the boxes now and then and alert you when something is beyond a configured parameter. Maybe pop open a term window and display the snmpget results or something. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.
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