Was um Himmels willen ist das denn schon wieder?
Auf der Suche nach einer kleinen Netzwerk-Monitoring Software bin ich auf Zabbix gestossen.
Gegenüber den häufig anzutreffenden Lösungen Nagios und Big Brother bietet es eine Reihe von Vorteilen:
Hat Nagios auch, als kleines Gegenbeispiel mal ein kleiner Auszug von Big Brother:
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Punkt 3 ändert sich auch in der kommerziellen Variante ($2500+) nicht!
Wen das nicht interessiert mag gerne BB einsetzen.