Monitoring Processor & Memory usage 2

[hinesjrh]

I have a PIX 515, and routers (4006, 3640, 2620). How can I check and monitor the processor and memory useage on an ongoing basis? I am in a growing organization, and I want to stay on top of these units.

 

[Leeus]

Take a look at

http://www.solarwinds.net.

We use SNMP to monitor all these values and solarwinds is very good at querying these.

There are free alternatives about like MRTG/PRTG.

 

[wybnormal]

Solarwinds...no question unless you have no budget. Then MRTG or go to

http://www.hybodus.com/

and take a look at Hybodus which is built on a LAMP server and MRTG. WAY cool and effective for a cheap price.

MikeS


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http://www.packetattack.com

"Take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots."
Sun Tzu

 

[hinesjrh]

Can I use a Windows PC as my Syslog server? Most of the info. I have read speaks to using a Unix or Linux box as the Syslog server.

 

[ADB100]

There are various Freeware Windows Syslog servers available, just have a search. The problem is interpreting it and exporting it to usable data. If you just want to capture a few messages to fault-find a particular problem they are fine to use. If you are looking at graphing historical data and doing some sort of trend analysis I would suggest you look at a proper NMS system that has these features otherwise you will end up writing scripts to automate things and compile the data.

Andy

 

[lgarner]

Check Kiwi Syslog. It works great on Windows. Most NMS-type software has some type of syslog integration, as well.

 

[wybnormal]

If you capture your syslog data to a Windows box, it's still syslog data so a program like Sawmill can run an analysis against it just fine. The Kiwi syslog is great and very stable.

MikeS

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http://www.packetattack.com

"Take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots."
Sun Tzu