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Ask HN: Dashboard to monitor 10+ servers?

#1
I own 10+ dedicated servers, and want to monitor the health of all of them in 1 sleek, simple web dashboard.

Not looking for anything complex, but just want to check the RAM usage, HD usage, and CPU usage of all of these servers in 1 dashboard. Is there anything out there (preferably low cost)?

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#4
Take a look at: http://argus.tcp4me.com/ It easy to use and quick to configure. Polls via snmp and stores in rrds. At first glance I did not like it.. but imho it beats other products in terms of simplicity.

If you are looking for something bigger, then zabbix (http://www.zabbix.com/) might be an option. It is not that easy to get running, but has capabilities like dependency based notifications. For example: "Only alarm me of missing ping responses if the router of that box is reachable." I think it is a fantastic piece of software although I had to build an argus-like monitoring interface for it, so that less trained staff is able to work with it.

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#6
Have a look at http://www.superviso.com They are giving away dashboard for servers and raspberrypi. Depending on your need there are over 20 widgets and unlimited dashboards.

Only with curl / or any other language you like you can update the whole dashboard.

Most important of all it is free.

Re: Ask HN: Dashboard to monitor 10+ servers?

#7
A link to the Amon.cx beta[0] was posted[1] earlier today, so I figured I'd mention it.

It's free while in beta and $60 for 10 servers, so you can try it without paying right now. Based on the preview image, it looks like it's exactly what you want.

[0]: https://amon.cx/#beta

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7156291

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#8
How do you manage your servers? Are you using puppet or chef? I am using the free version of new relic and I wrote little modules to use their free service. I can monitor all those stats and I am also monitoring MySQl and other stuff. Give it a try. it is free :) they will try to sell you stuff but you don't have to buy it. I can't with our budget.

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Scalyr ( https://www.scalyr.com ) does this, you should give it a try. You can monitor and analyze multiple servers in one place on one dashboard. (Full disclosure: I work for Scalyr.) If you have any questions or feedback I'd love to hear it!

You guys absolutely need screenshots on that site. How can you be selling a dashboard solution without a single image of what that looks like? That should be the first thing I see when I load your site, not a bunch of text.

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post #9
post #3

Scalyr ( https://www.scalyr.com ) does this, you should give it a try. You can monitor and analyze multiple servers in one place on one dashboard. (Full disclosure: I work for Scalyr.) If you have any questions or feedback I'd love to hear it!

You guys absolutely need screenshots on that site. How can you be selling a dashboard solution without a single image of what that looks like? That should be the first thing I see when I load your site, not a bunch of text.

Thanks for the feedback! Many others are saying the same thing, so we're including many screenshots in the re-design, which is in progress now. In the meantime I hope you still give us a try, or try a live demo here: http://goo.gl/BZ5GNd
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