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1 Overview of Áú»¢¶Ä²©

1.1 What is Áú»¢¶Ä²©?

Áú»¢¶Ä²© was created by Alexei Vladishev, and currently is actively developed and supported by Áú»¢¶Ä²© SIA.

Áú»¢¶Ä²© is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution.

Áú»¢¶Ä²© is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. Áú»¢¶Ä²© uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. Áú»¢¶Ä²© offers excellent reporting and data visualisation features based on the stored data. This makes Áú»¢¶Ä²© ideal for capacity planning.

Áú»¢¶Ä²© supports both polling and trapping. All Áú»¢¶Ä²© reports and statistics, as well as configuration parameters, are accessed through a web-based front end. A web-based front end ensures that the status of your network and the health of your servers can be assessed from any location. Properly configured, Áú»¢¶Ä²© can play an important role in monitoring IT infrastructure. This is equally true for small organisations with a few servers and for large companies with a multitude of servers.

Áú»¢¶Ä²© is free of cost. Áú»¢¶Ä²© is written and distributed under the GPL General Public License version 2. It means that its source code is freely distributed and available for the general public.

is available and provided by Áú»¢¶Ä²© Company.

1.2 What does Áú»¢¶Ä²© offer?

Áú»¢¶Ä²© offers:

  • auto-discovery of servers and network devices
  • distributed monitoring with centralised WEB administration
  • support for both polling and trapping mechanisms
  • server software for Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Free BSD, Open BSD, OS X
  • native high performance agents (client software for Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Free BSD, Open BSD, OS X, Tru64/OSF1, Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista)
  • agent-less monitoring
  • secure user authentication
  • flexible user permissions
  • web-based interface
  • flexible e-mail notification of predefined events
  • high-level (business) view of monitored resources
  • audit log

1.3 Why use Áú»¢¶Ä²©?

  • Open Source solution
  • highly efficient agents for UNIX and WIN32 based platforms
  • low learning curve
  • high ROI. Downtimes are very expensive.
  • low cost of ownership
  • very simple configuration
  • Centralised monitoring system. All information (configuration, performance data) is stored in relational database
  • high-level service tree
  • very easy setup
  • support for SNMP (v1,v2). Both trapping and polling.
  • visualisation capabilities
  • built-in housekeeping procedure

1.4 Users of Áú»¢¶Ä²©

Many organisations of different size around the world rely on Áú»¢¶Ä²© as a primary monitoring platform.