Monitoring Network and Service Availability with Open-Source Software
Silver describes the implementation of a monitoring system using an open-source software package to improve the availability of services and reduce the response time when troubles occur. He provides a brief overview of the literature available on monitoring library systems, and then describes the im...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Library Association
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Information Technology and Libraries |
| Online Access: | https://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/3153 |
| Summary: | Silver describes the implementation of a monitoring system using an open-source software package to improve the availability of services and reduce the response time when troubles occur. He provides a brief overview of the literature available on monitoring library systems, and then describes the implementation of Nagios, an open-source network monitoring system, to monitor a regional library system’s servers and wide area network. Particular attention is paid to using the plug-in architecture to monitor library services effectively. The author includes example displays and configuration files.
Editor’s note: This article is the winner of the LITA/Ex Libris Writing Award, 2009. |
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| ISSN: | 0730-9295 2163-5226 |