On 10/30/2013 01:06 PM, Mark Haney wrote:

This is slightly OT, but I’m really interested in getting input from the list on monitoring software.  I've been out of IT for almost 4 years dealing with some pretty serious medical issues (6 surgeries on my feet in 20 months along with elbow and knee surgeries) and I want to see how much has changed.  Before I left IT I used Nagios and BB for network monitoring, but want to see if there is anything new that could replace those in my arsenal or are they still some of the elite software out there. 

 

Things change so fast in IT, I want to be sure I'm up to date on all the options and opinions on those options from those who weren't on a sabbatical.  I would appreciate any input you might have.

 

 

Mark Haney

IT Support Associate/Network Administrator

Practichem

10404 Chapel Hill Road

Morrisville, NC 27560

W: 919-714-8428

 



Have a look at http://www.omdistro.org, they package up Nagios, check_mk, nagvis, pnp4nagios and some other tools into a nice, neat, integrated monitoring system.  Nagios is the engine but by using check_mk and it's agents the configuration learning curve is much better.  I've done nagios by itself and hated the amount work it took to configure it. 

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