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Re: Linux server monitoring tools

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Post by jethro_tell »

tbrock wrote: post #69
abraininavat wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious how you got all that from what sounds like a small task: getting something to compile on FreeBSD.

You have to install some things, poke around the system, do some general management, etc... I'm not claiming to be an expert but I really liked what I saw especially in the documentation (it looks outdated but the content is absolutely on point)

>it looks outdated but on point

Which is it? It would be difficult for documentation to be both complete and incomplete.

Re: Linux server monitoring tools

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Post by jethro_tell »

tbrock wrote: post #69
abraininavat wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious how you got all that from what sounds like a small task: getting something to compile on FreeBSD.

You have to install some things, poke around the system, do some general management, etc... I'm not claiming to be an expert but I really liked what I saw especially in the documentation (it looks outdated but the content is absolutely on point)

>it looks outdated but on point

Which is it? It would be difficult for documentation to be both complete and incomplete.

Re: Linux server monitoring tools

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Post by [deleted] »

abraininavat wrote: post #67
tbrock wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently had to test compilation of a project for work on FreeBSD and feel like my eyes were opened. I went into the task thinking "the BSDs are OLD" yet there must be something great about this operating system. It's beloved in certain communities and used at popular successful startups such as Netflix. There must be something I've been missing that those who cherish it have come to understand. What I found was th…

I'm curious how you got all that from what sounds like a small task: getting something to compile on FreeBSD.

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Re: Linux server monitoring tools

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Post by laichzeit0 »

Strange definition of a "monitoring" tool. It essentially requires a human being to run the tool, look at the graph, and make a decision on the data. There isn't even a baseline to compare the data to. This isn't really monitoring, it's equivalent to typing df and looking at how many bytes on disk is being used, and doing this every 5 minutes.

Re: Linux server monitoring tools

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Post by profquail »

jethro_tell wrote: post #71
tbrock wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to install some things, poke around the system, do some general management, etc... I'm not claiming to be an expert but I really liked what I saw especially in the documentation (it looks outdated but the content is absolutely on point)

>it looks outdated but on point Which is it? It would be difficult for documentation to be both complete and incomplete.

I think he/she meant that the FreeBSD documentation is complete, although the styling of the site is somewhat dated.

Re: Linux server monitoring tools

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Post by benjarrell »

rburhum wrote: post #63
snewman wrote: post #58

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Scalyr [1] can do this. (Disclaimer: I am the founder of Scalyr, and it's a commercial product.) We aim to be a one-stop-shopping monitoring tool: collect everything you might want to collect, and let you analyze it in any way you want. To your question, we can collect CPU, memory, I/O, and other stats for specified processes [2], and give you graphs, rolled-up dashboards, and alerts on that data. We're always lookin…

You need more images on your site...

I agree, I want to see screenshots.

Re: Linux server monitoring tools

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Post by Ecio78 »

afaqurk wrote: post #39

This is a bit off topic but I created a tool a little while back for my specific (very basic) needs: https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash Demo here: http://afaq.dreamhosters.com/linux-dash/ Easily extensible if anyone wants to use it.

really nice!. PS you have a typo in the title, dashboad instead of dashboard :)
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