[BBLISA] Server side application/network performance monitoring tool?

[Jon Dustin]

>>> On 3/4/2013 at 3:22 PM, in message
<CALsYUzAn8WW788YNujRgJ35WOkoOwbk4+5bp3LuSAh14YWxPdg at mail.gmail.com>, Paul
Beltrani <spamgrinder at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a tool to monitor application/network performance from the
> perspective of individual Linux servers.  Requirements are simple.
>  Must run on Linux (CentOS)
>  Must be simple/clean to deploy, i.e. Automated/RPM
>  Must not require modification of code or integration with a specific server
>  May be commercial software
> 
> In short, I'm looking for an alternative to the offering from
> http://boundary.com/  (They fail at requirement #2).
> 
> As I'm sure it will be asked, yes, this has to run on the individual nodes
> as I don't have access to the network hardware or infrastructure.

I've had very good luck with XYMON: http://xymon.com  Used to be called Hobbit, which was a fork from Big Brother. VERY lean on requirements, and definitely a simple install on clients. You can have all analysis done at the server, so performance impact on clients is minimal.

Although it is more focused on availability reporting, there is a decent amount of performance monitoring as well. Xymon is also *very* extensible.

Good luck!

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Jon Dustin - Network Specialist
University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME  207-780-4152