Server Monitoring Tool

jimmybeige

Hi, my boss has asked me to find a tool that will monitor our sever health. Some kind of desktop application preferably that we can keep an eye on and will monitor us when capacity goes over a certain level, or we approach max storage etc.

We need to monitor both MySQL and Apache. I'm guessing I might need two tools.

THanks in advance

Sparks

Not really a Development question so moving to Servers & Systems.

I'd suggest Nagios though (and maybe munin for historical datagathering to spot trends).

jimmybeige

Hmm $6.5k Seems like quite a lot, I'll suggest it alright. Know of anything cheaper? It's mainly to send notifications when certain conditions are met.

Sparks

$6.5k? I'm not sure where you're seeing that, but Nagios itself is open source and free to use.

qwertz

jimmybeige wrote: »

We need to monitor both MySQL and Apache. I'm guessing I might need two tools.

THanks in advance

What operating systems aren you running them on?

Faolchu

What about spice works its free to use as far as I know.

Also if your hardware is dell or hp don't they have some stuff like open manage and insight

jimmybeige

Sparks wrote: »

$6.5k? I'm not sure where you're seeing that, but Nagios itself is open source and free to use.

Sorry, I was looking at Nagios XI.

We basically run a site on a linux server, hosted somewhere else. It was just my boss that suggested a desktop solution, as he imagined it being on all the time on our computers and we could keep an eye on it. There was a problem recently where we ran out of disk space which had an effect on user sessions and cached pages etc. Our office computers runs Windows and he just wanted something that would allow us to regularly check how things are going and send notifications when something goes wrong.

Nagios seems to do that, but through your browser, right? I downloaded it alright, but installing it doesn't seem too straightforward.

swampgas

http://www.linuxscrew.com/2012/03/22/linux-monitoring-tools/

Cacti or Zabbix might be worth checking out as alternative to Nagios.

dunworth1

i quite like spiceworks www.spiceworks.com its free

qwertz

I have used Spiceworks in the past. It works well for small environments and is easy enough to setup and use (given that one is a capable IT person!).

Consider bringing someone in on a once-off project-based basis, agree on a fixed sum and set specific requirements. It might be cheaper doing it that way rather than trying to spend countless hours on it. Just my opinion.

Standard Toaster

http://www.opsview.com/solutions/core

Run on Nagios. Grab the VM and have a play with it. (Free)

You could try the following by using this Shell script to watch the disk space , and you can get the server to send email by Relaying Postfix SMTP via smtp.gmail.com.

The above Postfix is for debian / ubuntu, alter package manager to your linux system.

Enigma IE

jimmybeige wrote: »

Hi, my boss has asked me to find a tool that will monitor our sever health. Some kind of desktop application preferably that we can keep an eye on and will monitor us when capacity goes over a certain level, or we approach max storage etc.

We need to monitor both MySQL and Apache. I'm guessing I might need two tools.

THanks in advance

Cheap and excellent. Used it for years, easy to configure. Commercial support and upgrades, EUR357 for up to 500 sensors. You could even get away with the free version, up to 10 sensors.

http://www.paessler.com/prtg

biko

If you're running coldfusion and SeeFusion you can set SeeFusion to alert you.

Krusader

Enigma IE wrote: »

Cheap and excellent. Used it for years, easy to configure. Commercial support and upgrades, EUR357 for up to 500 sensors. You could even get away with the free version, up to 10 sensors.

http://www.paessler.com/prtg

I'd 2nd PRTG

Gone West

Nagios for monitoring a single server?
Nah.

Jaoibh

Hey,

Loads of options try out a few like Nagios or Spiceworks as they are free.

Probably the best option for only one server.

Failing that buy System Center and I can help you

Bladeserver

As stated already! Loads of options out there but here is a link to the Solarwinds site http://www.solarwinds.com/server-application-monitor-b.aspx?s_tnt=163743:2:0.

I have never implemented it but it's come recommended on a few occasions.

Sposs

Have found http://www.zabbix.com/ one of the best out there for real in depth monitoring http://www.zabbix.com/screenshots.php it is opensource also.