[OT] Open Source monitoring tools

[Patrick Lists]

On 10/30/2013 08:57 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 10/30/2013 11:06 AM, Mark Haney issued this missive:
>> This is slightly OT, but I’m really interested in getting input from the
>> list on monitoring software.  I've been out of IT for almost 4 years
>> dealing with some pretty serious medical issues (6 surgeries on my feet
>> in 20 months along with elbow and knee surgeries) and I want to see how
>> much has changed.  Before I left IT I used Nagios and BB for network
>> monitoring, but want to see if there is anything new that could replace
>> those in my arsenal or are they still some of the elite software out
>> there.
>>
>> Things change so fast in IT, I want to be sure I'm up to date on all the
>> options and opinions on those options from those who weren't on a
>> sabbatical.  I would appreciate any input you might have.
>
> OpenNMS (http://www.opennms.org/) and zenoss core
> (http://community.zenoss.org/index.jspa) come to mind along with Nagios,
> OpsView and several others.

There's also https://www.icinga.org/

Regards,
Patrick