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Open source moves to network management
Insight Open-source software is rapidly creeping into all aspects of the corporate infrastructure, and management tools appear to be the most recent entrants.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Open source
Start-up teams to push open-source boundaries
News A fledging consortium of open-source management companies looks to shake up the industry as incumbent vendors try to get on board.
Tags: Open source
Create reliable system images with dd
Techguide Not sure if you've backed up everything you need? Justin Fielding discusses the usefulness of the dd utility.
Remotely monitor servers with the Nagios check_by_ssh plugin
Techguide If you are using Nagios to monitor remote servers, you have more than one method to execute checks including the use of the check_by_ssh plugin.
Tags: Open source, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Infrastructure/architecture management, C, Plug-in, SSH, Passphrase, Password, remote site, Nagios
Learning more about Nagios
Techguide Nagios is a very powerful tool for server monitoring, but the learning curve can be steep for newcomers. A resource may help.
Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Infrastructure/architecture management, Chapter, Plug-in, SNMP, font size, IMAP4, Nagios, Server
Monitorix makes server-monitoring easy
Techguide While it's important to get a remote view of your servers with tools like Nagios, it's not always easy to get a full "local" view of things like CPU load and network service demand. Monitorix can fill in the gaps of your monitoring needs.
Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Diagnostics and monitoring, SSH, network device, Telnet, RPM Package, Monitorix RPM, Server, monitoring
Monitor remote systems with Nagios
Techguide Vincent Danen introduces you to the potential of Nagios for monitoring your remote systems. Get to know this flexible and powerful tool.
Tags: Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS, Open source
Execute local Nagios checks on remote systems
Techguide Vincent Danen shows how you can monitor remote services and local statistics with a little bit of work and planning.
Red Hat simplifies platform for Linux supercomputing
News The Linux leader aims to make more of a dent in the high-performance-computing market with a platform it claims can be up and running in under an hour.
Tags: Supercomputing, Linux, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Ubuntu, Novell Inc., data warehouse, software, job, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Telecom turns to Linux to save bucks and boost security
Insight When a new IT leader at a telecom took a long look at the network, he quickly realized it was time to switch systems. Find out why he went with Linux and get his take on total cost of ownership between open source and Windows.
Secure and stable server setup with CentOS
Techguide CentOS is an operating system that is completely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Here's how to optimize CentOS setup with RPMForge and Utter Ramblings repositories.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Repository, Apache Software Foundation, Red Hat Inc., Plug-in, CentOS, Grep, Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Create reliable system images with dd
Techguide Not sure if you've backed up everything you need? Justin Fielding discusses the usefulness of the dd utility.
