In my last post I mentioned network monitoring tools.
Here are some jumpstart links for an open source/free network monitoring tools.
All are great tools with more or less the same features.
I recommend you test more than one tool before choosing you flavor…..
“The Dude will discover your network layout, will monitor the services and link speed, will allow you to connect to the devices, make your own maps and more.”
“Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool’s data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box.”
“The Big Sister network monitor is a real time system and network health monitoring application …”
“NetXMS is an enterprise grade multi-platform open source network management and monitoring system. It provides comprehensive event management, performance monitoring, alerting, reporting and graphing for all layers of IT infrastructure — from network devices to business application layer.”
“Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to identify and resolve IT infrastructure problems before they affect critical business processes.”
“Our aims are to develop an exceptional monitoring solution and to provide responsive and dependable support to resolve any issues regarding its installation, operation and use…” ZABBIX Team.”
