On 12/21/2010 10:25 AM, Matt wrote:
>>> I check system load like so:
>>>
>>> [root@server cron.daily]# w
>>> 10:07:33 up 4 days, 15:01, 2 users, load average: 4.22, 3.17, 3.09
>>>
>>> I would like to to graph the 3.17 5 minute average with MRTG. Anyone
>>> know of some examples of doing this?
>>
>> Where you should start depends on how much else you would like to
>> monitor. Cacti is probably the easiest thing to set up for a small
>> number of machines and not unreasonable for a single host monitoring
>> itself. I like OpenNMS but it is overkill for a small setup.
>
> I already have MRTG installed and am somewhat familiar with it. Graph
> interfaces with it. I was thinking an MRTG config and perhaps a shell
> script for it to call.
You can do that - but if you install cacti it is already set up with the
web interface to view it and a framework to add other things. You do
need to set up snmpd if you haven't already - although it has been a
while since I used cacti - it might have something special for localhost
collection.
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Les Mikesell
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