[ILUG] system monitoring and logging s/w

[McAuley, Tim]

> 
> Install a decent SNMP agent on the machines you're interested
> in monitoring (probably already installed if you're running RedHat).
> 
> Then install MRTG on a monitoring machine - http://www.mrtg.org/
> It's easy to use and generates pretty graphs for your boss.
> 

Hmmm... already use that for network monitoring the cisco router here.

Not sure if it'll give me enough information, and then there's the overhead
of using snmp. These servers are being tested for system that will throttle
them! So they need to be streamlined as much as possible.

Might see what I get with MRTG though.

Tim