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    Monitoring software

    What software do those of you that offer managed servers use for monitoring?
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    Steven,

    We use a mixture of Nagios and IPcheck complimented by a few in-house scripts that check nearly every thinkable possible service

    Nagios (linux) is nice and there are some great web-based config tools out there if you are not farmiliar with the format.

    IPcheck (windows) is good to. Much easier to setup - but comes with a price tag.

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    I just found JFFNMS and it seems interesting.
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    Steven;

    http://www.ossim.net/ - More security related.

    Matt
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    Hybodus and home made scripts.
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    Mainly nagios, currently it operates seperate from all our other systems - but in near future we will be integrating. Works quite well for our needs, and if you run it on a MySQL backend makes it easy to make a frontend interface.
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    Definitely Nagios. We also back that up with SiteUptime.com and our own little status script.

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    We use ipMonitor (www.ipmonitor.com). It costs some money, but works very nicely.
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  9. +1 for Nagios. Great and handy tool.
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    I use to use Nagios because it was free and a good piece of software but we are now trying out OpManager from Manage Engine and are quite impressed with it. You could check them out http://www.manageengine.com
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    nagios

    I too would recommend Nagios..

    It allows you to plug in a numerous amount of modules and can be custom tailored to fit exactly what your looking for.
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    if you just want a quick and easy utility to test any port, you can look at sysmon - http://sysmon.org/

    If you need to follow trends, though, nagios is a better solution
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    I am not an MSP, but I think Nagios is the best monitoring service around these days, its really good.
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    you know - after looking over ipmonitor - it sort of looks like they utilize nagios in the background. look at their flash demostration and tell me if those pics dont resemble Nagios.
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    Nagios is good if you're primarily on *nix platforms. We use a combination of Mercury SiteScope and Solarwinds Orion in house here. But we're a diverse mixed bag of various *nix flavors and Windows platforms, which puts Nagios at a disadvantage.

    -Roger
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    We Use IPCheck and PRTG Grapher from www.paessler.com. Very good software, allows you to monitor extensive parameters. Allows you to check actual webpages, test the email servers by sending/receiving sample email, query the database servers, generate reports, etc. The grapher allows you to see live and historical performance of your servers (CPU, Network, etc).

    The best part of IPCheck is that it has a windows client. You can install this client on the workstations of your technical staff so they are alerted immediately on any issues
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    hybodus do a pretty good job for us
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    We use Nagios. It has a nice web interface with many features.

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    I wouldn't exactly say Nagios has a nice web interface but it has a ton of features!
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    Nagios

    well what I found Nagios lacks in a pretty GUI is makes up in huge honking features.


    One neat thing I have Nagios doing right now is Paging my blackberry for critical events. Its save me some serious time on a few occasions.
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    http://www.bb4.org/
    Customized to our needs, works well, has 100's of plugins, monitors what we need.

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    I have 2 monkeys (1 extra monkey for redundancy) tied up in the cage. When the little red lights stop flickering, they page me.
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    But....doesn't GREEN mean all is well???

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    I think I'm going to have to discontinue using the (MMM) monkey monitoring method. Barry (the 2nd monkey) is currently in the midst of a steamy SMS relationship with another monkey, working in the Equinex datacenter.

    I don't mind it so much, but Barry's clumsy fingers sometimes send his SMS messages accidently to me. I don't know about you, but it's no fun being woken up at 3:00am, with steamy SMS messages between 2 monkeys.

    Ok, I'll look at Nagios instead.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aussie Bob
    I don't mind it so much, but Barry's clumsy fingers sometimes send his SMS messages accidently to me. I don't know about you, but it's no fun being woken up at 3:00am, with steamy SMS messages between 2 monkeys.
    One word, Bob....MonkeyCam.

    I see a whole new business venture in your future!

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