Hardware monitoring

[list at satchell.net (Stephen Satchell)]

Appreciate the amplification.

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On 06/14/2015 10:46 AM, J?rgen Jaritsch wrote:
>> This is a product designed for use on Windows only,
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> No. The monitoring itself requires windows as OS but only for the Mgmt service, DB service, etc. You do not need a client (like for Nagios/etc) to monitor other systems. You simply monitor devices via http (e.g. APIs, etc) or SNMP, etc. You can also integrate other coding languages (Perl, PHP, C++, etc) if you need something unsupported.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Satchell [list at satchell.net]
> Received: Sonntag, 14 Juni 2015, 19:37
> To: nanog at nanog.org [nanog at nanog.org]
> Subject: Re: Hardware monitoring
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> On 06/14/2015 10:23 AM, J?rgen Jaritsch wrote:
>> We're using PRTG from Paessler (http://www.paessler.com).
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> This is a product designed for use on Windows only, no mention of ports
> to other operating systems.  For some people, this is fine.  For others,
> who don't want to mess with Windows at all, it's a concern.
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> Looking at some of the product sheets, it looks boss at what it does.
> In particular, the "David Letterman" view is an interesting quick
> snapshot look at what is going on.
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