Network monitoring typically entails tracking a system's data traffic to help determine bottlenecks or to troubleshoot hardware or software issues. Nagios and MRTG are powerful, no-cost monitoring tools that run with Linux and can be used to understand multi-platform environments where UNIX family systems and MS Windows both operate. Progent's network support consultants can show you how to deploy each of these utilities to tune and repair your network.
Nagios Open Source Monitoring Application
The Nagios Open Source monitoring system is a host/service monitor that operates under Linux. The Nagios daemon runs periodic inspections of servers and services you request by means of external add-ons which bring back status data to Nagios. When issues are detected, the Nagios can send notifications to administrative contacts in a variety of ways such as email, instant messaging, or Short Message Service. Current status information, archival records, and analysis reports can be accessed using a web browser.
Key features of Nagios are:
Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG)
MRTG Graphical Traffic Load Monitor is an Open Source tool to track the traffic load on your network. Running under Windows or Linux and most UNIX platforms, MRTG reads the traffic counters of routers and generates web pages which provide a live visual representation of this data.
Multi Router Traffic Grapher lets you track the traffic through any SNMP-enabled network appliance. This can represent servers, routers, and switches. You can utilize the resulting information to identify network bottlenecks.
Data you can depict using MRTG include:
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