[Ubuntu-ma] Monitoring linux

[mezgani ali]

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On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Nordin <bouchtaoui at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 15-9-2010 16:39, mezgani ali wrote:
> > Salam,
> >
> > Monitoring many servers is one of the most sensitive tasks that ever
> > administrator must do, well it always depends on the need and the scale
> of
> > machine to monitor. It is always good idea to keep a database with many
> > snapshots of states of machines.
>
> Yes, that's a good point, but to keep a snapshot, you need a big storage
> for each client, right? I mean, if a client saves a lot of pdf files of
> a few MB's each, than a 100 GB is not sufficient. But the client should
> pay for that ofcourse.
>
> > Personally, i used nagios, ntop, cacti or maybe munin for supervision and
> > alert, and i set a wiki with all characteristic of machines, addresses,
> > emplacement, N° series, numer of tel of technical support team, ....
>
> That's a good point too, I need to do some serious administrations of
> clients, like you said: telnr, email, bills...
>
> > In the fact, i think that a large enterprise must delegate similar job to
> a
> > dedicated structure, and free time of administrators to others things,
> > however there are many good team in Morocco that help to addresses
> > supervision and monitoring plan for enterprise as like as Native LABS.
>
> Well, let me start with administering stuff here myself. But when I
> gather enough clients, it would be nice if I can outsource it to my
> bledy (mon pay) ;-)
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Nordin Bouchtaoui<bouchtaoui at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> 2010/9/14 ISLAM Abou El Ata<kindyroot at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Salam,
> >>> It depends pretty much on what you're most interested in, here's a
> simple
> >>> rule of thumb:
> >>>
> >>> - most Interested in monitoring performance>>  run "top" or "htop" over
> >>> SSH.
> >>>
> >> I'm already familiar with that.
> >>
> >>
> >>> - most interested in monitoring security>>  run Snort with e-mail
> alerts.
> >>>
> >> For now, this is not needed. It's not for the government with sensitive
> >> data or something.
> >>
> >>
> >>> - most interested in monitoring traffic>>  run javascript based stats
> and
> >>> traffic analysis (such as Google Analytics).
> >>> - most interested in having a global view of your server set and having
> a
> >>> dashboard>>  see GLPI, Mandriva Pulse, and Zabbix.
> >>> - most interested in networking>>  see Nagios.
> >>>
> >> I don't want to annoy you but these tools all do the same, it's a matter
> of
> >> taste.
> >> For what I need I think Nagios is enough for me.
> >>
> >> But what do you use? Are you administering also several servers? I
> remember
> >> Hassan told me he manages hundreds of servers, so I was curious about
> how
> >> he's doing that, don't take it personal.
> >>
> >>
> >>> - most interested in something not in the list>>  reply back with
> details.
> >>>
> >>> I hope this helps.
> >>>
> >> Always :)
> >>
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