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Extending Nagios to
Create a Comprehensive
Monitoring SolutionExtending Nagios to Create a Comprehensive Monitoring Solution
NAGIOS-VALUABLE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR AVAILABILITY MONITORINGNagios is a leading open-source IT monitoring application, designed to alert system administrators when server or network problems happen. With hundreds of thousands of downloads since its inception in 1999, Nagios has a track record of providing value for ADDED FUNCTIONALITY BECOMES IT teams. At a time when many companies are seeking an open-source alternative to STANDARD WITH GROUNDWORK expensive, proprietary monitoring platforms such as IBM Tivoli and HP OpenView, the MONITOR PROFESSIONAL momentum behind Nagios continues to grow.
GroundWork Monitor Professional extends While Nagios provides companies with the basic building blocks for monitoring their IT Nagios to make the following functionality infrastructure, many IT teams have discovered they must invest considerable time and a standard part of every customer's IT resources to achieve an effective solution. IT managers are looking for a way to utilize the monitoring and management solution: capabilities of Nagios without the hassle and expense of a lengthy deployment process. Equally important, system administrators are looking to lower the risks involved in ? E asier and simpler install selecting and integrating the right set of components that are required to create a com-? W eb-based tools that speed the configu- plete IT infrastructure monitoring solution.ration process? A utomatic upgrade of configuration files GROUNDWORK MONITOR PROFESSIONAL-EXTENDING NAGIOSto the new Nagios 2.0 version GroundWork Monitor Professional is a comprehensive, fully supported solution for com-? Integrated performance monitoring with panies with complex IT operations and limited resources for configuration and tuning. It intuitive displays builds on Nagios to create a scalable IT monitoring solution.? A dvanced reporting including alarm, GroundWork Monitor Professional integrates best-of-breed open source projects includ-outage and notification reports ing Nagios 2.0, MySQL 5.0, and RRDtool, along with GroundWork-developed components, ? S imple user-enabled customization to create a complete IT performance and availability monitoring and management solution that is easy to install, configure and use. As a fully integrated and supported ? A library of over 40 GroundWork- offering, GroundWork Monitor Professional eliminates the need for companies to go developed profiles for out-of-the-box through a lengthy learning curve with open source software or a costly installation and monitoring of servers, applications, configuration process. More than 100 organizations across a range of industries now rely and a wide range of devices on Groundwork Monitor Professional.? Persistent data storage to conduct trend analysis? D ocumentation bookshelf with how-to Comparing Nagios with GroundWork Monitor Professionalinformation continually updated? O ngoing maintenance and software updates ? P rofessional configuration services and support? Operator and System Manager Training to further shorten the learning curveExtending Nagios to Create a Comprehensive Monitoring Solution
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FUNCTIONALITY AND OPEN SOURCE AFFORDABILITYIn additional to Nagios, GroundWork Monitor Professional incorporates a number of open source components, including MySQL database and schema, performance trend graphing, web-based configuration that leverages configuration profiles, a centralized console, and extensive documentation and how-to instructions. GroundWork Monitor Professional incorporates a common Foundation platform that integrates all of these elements into a cohesive whole enabling companies to gain the cost and flexibility benefits of best-of-breed open source tools, along with the usability, support and comprehensive functionality of an enterprise-class solution.
GROUNDWORK MONITOR PROFESSIONAL DIFFERENTIATORS AND OPERATIONAL BENEFITS
Differentiators Operational Benefits1. Quick and Easy Installation ? G et up and running faster without having to pre-install - Includes all prerequisites multiple open source software prequisites.- Easy to follow steps - Expert Linux experience not required2. Simple and Easy Configuration ? A void tedious configuration with manual editing of - Web-based configuration ... [download for more]
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