Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:50:55 +0930 From: "Jerlique Bahn" <jerlique@webscene.com.au> To: "'Howard Jones'" <howie@thingy.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Monitoring Server Health Message-ID: <009701c69b1a$45978250$6400000a@WKSTN501> In-Reply-To: <449E7BB5.2080705@thingy.com>
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> > So to clarify my initial request, what I am seeking recommendations for > is > > the program that collects the information, such as server load, > temperature, > > open tcp connections etc of the freebsd server itself. > > > > I already have the program to process the data, of which part of this > > solution is mrtg. > > > net-snmp will do this for you over a network, if that's what you are > after. There are additional MIBs to cover most/all of the things you > list, and it's not too hard to extend with any custom monitoring you > need (I've extended mine to monitor some qmail-specific variables, for > instance). It's in ports as net-mgmt/net-snmp. Great stuff. Thank you for this. I've installed and played around with this and it seems that snmpd will do what I want at this stage. > There's quite a bit of overlap between some data-processing apps and the > data-collection part though. For instance, Cacti is a MRTG-alike with a > nice web UI, but it also has some of the data collection scripts you > might need, similarly with Remstats, if it is still developed. Either > way, it'd be an unusual data-collection/data-processing admin tool that > didn't understand SNMP. Well, these programs are "data collection/processing" orientated, as opposed to providing the raw data which is what I was looking for. This raw data will be used my by Nagios and mrtg etc to make alerts and graphs Many thanks! JBhome | help
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