On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:28:59AM -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > I don't know oswatcher, but based on your description the following > would be usefule for you: > > munin (keeps a contstant sized database, which thins out as you look back > in time). > > nagios > > In both cases, if there is some test they don't already do, you can > write your own and have them use it. My understanding is Nagios can use mrtg or rrdtool databases that also keep a constant size database like munin (maybe munin actually uses one of these two as well). I should have a look at munin and nagios... since I'm still using MRTG and it is getting a bit out of hand and there is lots of that data that would be better plotted on the same graph... http://toccata2.tricolour.ca/mrtg/mrtg-rrd.cgi/ > bjb > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 09:56:02AM -0400, Peter Sj?berg wrote: > > Just wonder if it's something already out there that does something > > similar to what oracles oswatcher does ? > > What I'm looking for is some tool to use when analyzing server issues > > and while oswatcher could be good it's questionable license and I don't > > run oracle at all on most of the servers I need it. > > The tool would collect the output of > > ps,top,iostat,netstat,vmstat,mpstat,who,... every so often (like every > > minute) to some kind of archive and then after so long (X hours) old > > data is removed. > > I can easily write something my self but before doing that I want to see > > if someone else already taken the trouble doing it. > > > > Techwiz, Peter Sjoberg PGP key (12F506C8) on keyserver & homepage slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.net> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________