Network monitoring typically consists of observing a system's data traffic in order to identify areas of congestion or to troubleshoot equipment or application issues. Nagios and MRTG are powerful, Open Source monitoring utilities that run under Linux and can be helpful to monitor mixed-platform networks where UNIX family systems and Windows both operate. Progent's system integration experts can show you how to use both these utilities to tune and troubleshoot your infrastructure.
Nagios Monitoring System
The Nagios monitoring system is a host and service monitor that operates with Linux. The monitoring daemon executes periodic inspections of hosts and services you specify using outside add-ons which return status information to Nagios. When issues are detected, the daemon can generate notifications to support personnel in a variety of ways such as email, instant messaging, or Short Message Service. Current status data, archival logs, and analysis reports can be examined using a standard web browser.
Major features of the Nagios monitor include:
MRTG Graphical Traffic Load Monitor
MRTG is an Open Source tool to monitor the bandwidth utilization on your network. Running under MS Windows or Linux and most UNIX platforms, MRTG reads the traffic counters of network routers and generates web-accessible graphs which provide an up-to-date visual representation of this traffic.
Multi Router Traffic Grapher allows you to graph the traffic through any SNMP network appliance. This includes processors, routers, and switches. You can use the resulting data to identify system trouble spots.
Type of information you are able to graph with MRTG include:
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