What do Sys. Admin use to monitor the servers.

nhbilly · 11-29-2004, 05:07 PM

I currently use Hostmonitor and it sucks.

does anyone have any suggestion on a decent server monitor?

thanks,
nhb

StonedWheat · 11-29-2004, 05:27 PM

I'm not the sysadmin, but our company uses sitescope. Haven't heard any complaints about it...other than it sends out lots of emails when our servers are down. I'm sure that's configurable.

nhbilly · 11-29-2004, 05:40 PM

thanks stonewheat.

eSDee · 11-29-2004, 06:09 PM

What kind of servers and what do you want to monitor? Traffic, uptime, port scans, etc.?

nhbilly · 11-29-2004, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eSDeeLoco

What kind of servers and what do you want to monitor? Traffic, uptime, port scans, etc.?

Servers in general and all of the above

Dman33 · 11-30-2004, 05:43 AM

Not sure how this one stacks up to the others, but we use IP Sentry which is pretty low cost and quite configurable. IP Sentry

nhbilly · 11-30-2004, 09:00 AM

thanks Dman33

Jeffbx · 11-30-2004, 10:32 AM

What's Up Gold is a good package, recently replaced by What's Up Professional. Pretty reasonable priced. They also have a Small Office version if you have 10 or fewer devices.

Jcranmer · 11-30-2004, 11:24 AM

We used to use What's UP Gold. However I found it somewhat buggy at times and I could never get it setup to actually monitor if a Sybase server was running or not. We eventually switched to Intellipool Network Monitor. It even has support for monitoring server room temps with a hardware addon.

nhbilly · 11-30-2004, 11:56 AM

thanks guys

Server room temp monitor is a PLUS.

Our server room AC crapped out once and boy was it hot and loud.

Jcranmer · 11-30-2004, 02:11 PM

We haven't bought any of the TempTrax modules yet. But I keep trying to get management to buy into the idea. They are only around $200.00 for a 4 probe ethernet enabled module.

It would be well worth it for us, a couple of years ago our air conditioner failed on christmas eve, by the time I got the call to come in, it was over 120 degrees in the server room, and most of the Sun equipment had already shutdown due to the extreme heat. I was amazed that all we lost was a couple of disk drives. (in seprate raid arrays so we didn't lose any data)

If you decide to look into INM and have any questions on configuring it, shoot me a PM.

11-29-2004, 05:07 PM	#1
nhbilly Commander Join Date: May 2000 Location: santa ana ca usa Posts: 1,156	What do Sys. Admin use to monitor the servers. I currently use Hostmonitor and it sucks. does anyone have any suggestion on a decent server monitor? thanks, nhb __________________ PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING YOUR BODY..... Last edited by nhbilly : 11-29-2004 at 05:13 PM.

11-29-2004, 05:27 PM	#2
StonedWheat Commander Join Date: May 2000 Location: Bay Area, Ca Posts: 1,268	I'm not the sysadmin, but our company uses sitescope. Haven't heard any complaints about it...other than it sends out lots of emails when our servers are down. I'm sure that's configurable. __________________ "Cynicism is knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing." -Oscar Wilde

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eSDee Old Skooler Numba 1 Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Diego Posts: 10,063	What kind of servers and what do you want to monitor? Traffic, uptime, port scans, etc.? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 days ~ Willie Nelson 3 days I dread to see arrive 3 days I hate to be alive 3 days filled with tears and sorrow yesterday today and tomorrow

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11-29-2004, 05:40 PM	#3
nhbilly Commander Join Date: May 2000 Location: santa ana ca usa Posts: 1,156	thanks stonewheat.

11-30-2004, 05:43 AM	#6
Dman33 Lieutenant Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: New York Posts: 324	Not sure how this one stacks up to the others, but we use IP Sentry which is pretty low cost and quite configurable. IP Sentry

11-30-2004, 09:00 AM	#7
nhbilly Commander Join Date: May 2000 Location: santa ana ca usa Posts: 1,156	thanks Dman33

11-30-2004, 10:32 AM	#8
Jeffbx Fleet Admiral Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,390	What's Up Gold is a good package, recently replaced by What's Up Professional. Pretty reasonable priced. They also have a Small Office version if you have 10 or fewer devices.

11-30-2004, 11:24 AM	#9
Jcranmer Commander Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pekin, IN Posts: 1,377	We used to use What's UP Gold. However I found it somewhat buggy at times and I could never get it setup to actually monitor if a Sybase server was running or not. We eventually switched to Intellipool Network Monitor. It even has support for monitoring server room temps with a hardware addon.

11-30-2004, 11:56 AM	#10
nhbilly Commander Join Date: May 2000 Location: santa ana ca usa Posts: 1,156	thanks guys Server room temp monitor is a PLUS. Our server room AC crapped out once and boy was it hot and loud.

11-30-2004, 02:11 PM	#11
Jcranmer Commander Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pekin, IN Posts: 1,377	We haven't bought any of the TempTrax modules yet. But I keep trying to get management to buy into the idea. They are only around $200.00 for a 4 probe ethernet enabled module. It would be well worth it for us, a couple of years ago our air conditioner failed on christmas eve, by the time I got the call to come in, it was over 120 degrees in the server room, and most of the Sun equipment had already shutdown due to the extreme heat. I was amazed that all we lost was a couple of disk drives. (in seprate raid arrays so we didn't lose any data) If you decide to look into INM and have any questions on configuring it, shoot me a PM.

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