Re: Hardware monitoring

[Stephen Satchell <list () satchell net>]

Appreciate the amplification.

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is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer."

On 06/14/2015 10:46 AM, Jürgen Jaritsch wrote:
> > This is a product designed for use on Windows only,
>
> 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 () satchell net]
> Received: Sonntag, 14 Juni 2015, 19:37
> To: nanog () nanog org [nanog () nanog org]
> Subject: Re: Hardware monitoring
>
> On 06/14/2015 10:23 AM, Jürgen Jaritsch wrote:
> > We're using PRTG from Paessler (http://www.paessler.com).
>
> 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.
>
> 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.