Nagios has been around since 2002 and is considered stable software. It is in use by the likes of American Public Media, JP Morgan Chase and Yahoo, just to name a few. It is an enterprise-level ...

We have some environmental monitoring set up in our server room that we can query via snmp. What I'd like to do is query these sensors for data and then shutdown a server if the queried value is ...

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? This the classic query designed to place your mind into the Zen-like state known as the silent mind. Whether or not ...

If you’re looking for a free, reliable way to monitor SNMP traffic on your network, see how to get Multi Router Traffic Grabber up and running on a Ubuntu Server. Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) ...

Cacti is one of the most powerful open source front ends for RRDtool. Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to get this up and running, so you can gain access to handy network and system graphics.