Monitoring a server

[QbertsBrother]

hello

does anyone have any recommendations on software that will monitor my server?

i would like to be able to monitor disk space and HD and CPU temp and all the other stuff (i got an email from the server saying that the drives are running hot).

i am running fedora 7. and i am on a windows client machine

any recommendations would be great

thanks

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hello

does anyone have any recommendations on software that will monitor my server?

i would like to be able to monitor disk space and HD and CPU temp and all the other stuff (i got an email from the server saying that the drives are running hot).

i am running fedora 7. and i am on a windows client machine

any recommendations would be great

thanks

What program do you have that emails you when the drive runs hot?

[QbertsBrother]

i have cpanel running and it emails me when ever something happens on the server such as adding/removing an account.

this was the first email that i got about something going wrong.

the subject of the email that i got was this: [cPanel smartcheck] Possible Hard Drive Failure Soon

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i have cpanel running and it emails me when ever something happens on the server such as adding/removing an account.

this was the first email that i got about something going wrong.

the subject of the email that i got was this: [cPanel smartcheck] Possible Hard Drive Failure Soon

ohh cPanel, ok. Thought it was some kind of 3rd party monitoring specific vendor. I wonder who CPanel uses...probably some kind of module from some vendor...

[QbertsBrother]

i looked at uptime software

Server Monitoring - IT Systems Management, Capacity Planning, Virtual Monitoring, Application Monitoring, Server Monitoring Software- uptime software

it seems to be exactly what i want but it is $5000

way out of my budget

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i looked at uptime software

Server Monitoring - IT Systems Management, Capacity Planning, Virtual Monitoring, Application Monitoring, Server Monitoring Software- uptime software

it seems to be exactly what i want but it is $5000

way out of my budget

yeah, most monitoring software are VERY expensive. And the cheap ones usually only provide up/down status which is good FYI, but doesn't help the troubleshooting process. It is a catch 22....

[QbertsBrother]

thanks for the input

do you happen to know any basic command line commands that will give me server status

i know some of them but mostly to see the services running and the disk space and whatnot

thanks

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thanks for the input

do you happen to know any basic command line commands that will give me server status

i know some of them but mostly to see the services running and the disk space and whatnot

thanks

I don't know that many myself.

# df -h

That will give you diskspace in human readable format.

# top

I'm sure you know this one that lists overall system processes/ram/cpu usage.

[QbertsBrother]

yeah thanks

i am looking at different solutions but they are very expensive list you mentioned.

the top is a new one. i always used ps -u -a -x. i like the real time of top

thanks