Re: server administration

[Darren Spruell <darren_spruell () sento com>]

Mohit Muthanna wrote:

> I'd suggest you read up on SNMP. And check out the following tools
> (google them):
>
> - net-snmp ( an SNMP agent )
> - nagios ( very sophisticated network management tool )
> - nmap ( good discovery tool )
> - ntop ( traffic analysis, RMON agent, performance monitoring )
> - sar ( system performance monitoring )
> - argus (network performance monitornig)
> - rsync (distributed configurations, files etc.)
> - openssh (if you don't know what this is, you're in trouble) 
> - rcs, cvs or subversion (change control)
>
> There are also a number of commercial tools availabe, but the above
> list encompasses most of what you will need.

I have to throw cfengine into this mix, too.

http://www.cfengine.com/

Free and perfect for management/deployment to large numbers of 
Windows/Unix boxen.

--
DS

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