> From: "Daniel B. Thurman" <dant(a)cdkkt.com&gt; > Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt; > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:59:48 -0800 > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt; > Subject: RE: Network Monitoring Tools > >> From: fedora-list-bounces(a)redhat.com >> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ki Song >> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:08 AM >> To: For users of Fedora Core releases >> Subject: Network Monitoring Tools >> >> >> Our company is having some issues with a web hosting provider. >> The server we >> have with them (at a remote location) crashes ... sometimes >> more than once a >> week. >> >> We are an e-commerce company, so whenever our site is down, we >> are losing >> orders! >> >> Is there a network monitoring tool that I can install on a >> machine within >> our own network that will monitor the server uptime of our >> server that is at >> a remote location? >> >> I want a tool that will monitor the server, make sure certain >> services are >> working, and then, if they are not, to either text message me, >> or e-mail me. >> > > Check out nagios and/or cacti. Cacti and Nagios uses snmp, I believe > and nagios is quite extensive and flexible IMO. Not sure if it is > overkill for your needs or hard to setup but I used it for my 13+ > home systems. Quite nice and it lets me know immediately if a > system is down or if resources are being depleted. You can use > pagers and email notification and perhaps send a message to your > cell phone. > > Dan > Thanks, Dan, for the info. However, I believe those programs would be overkill. So far, the program I am most intrigued in are bigbrother and mon. Does anyone have any information on how to obtain, install, and configure mon? > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/173 - Release Date: 11/16/2005 > > > -- hey,

> Thanks, Dan, for the info. However, I believe those programs would be > overkill. > > So far, the program I am most intrigued in are bigbrother and mon. > > Does anyone have any information on how to obtain, install, and configure > mon?