[Discuss] Simple server monitoring

[Eugene Gorelik]

Thumbs up for Monit for simplicity.


On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <
greg at freephile.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) <
> blu at nedharvey.com>
>  wrote:
>
> > > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> > > bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Tim Callaghan
> > >
> > > I need to add basic monitoring to a server and am wondering how I can
> > > easily accomplish the following:
> > >
> > > 1. Keep track of CPU, Memory, and Disk IO / Space.
> > > 2. Allow me to set alerts and send emails if certain thresholds are
> > passed.
> >
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> I can't offer a good comparison between the choices available (there are
> many).  But I want to throw in 'monit' as a choice worth considering (
> http://mmonit.com/monit/).  It's really quick to setup and quite capable.
>  Nagios can be more powerful, which would take a bit more setup.  So if
> your situation calls for a simple solution, monit may be a good choice.
> http://serverfault.com/questions/425718/monit-versus-nagios
>
> Greg Rundlett
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