strategic question: MySQL vs. no MySQL vs. RR DTool

[Bryan Liles]

I use a combination nagios, mysql, postgresql, rrdtool, a custom trouble
ticketing system, and opennms to get all my monitoring done.  I guess it
just comes down to "whats the right tool for the job", and how do I make
them all work together.  

On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 12:43, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] wrote:
> Okay, I'll buy that.
> 
> But in most cases, the text string contains values, the same values that you
> would normally stuff into an rrd.  The exception to this would be check_log,
> where you're interested in the raw text, and taking action based on that.
> 
> However, I'm starting to sway over to using MySQL with Nagios.  Now I'm
> faced with some logistical problems:
> 
> - I've seen quite a few folks complain about getting Nagios and MySQL to
> work together nicely
> - I don't want to impact my live system (but it looks like I may have to)
> - I suspect I will lose all my current historical data
> - I don't know how much disk space I should expect the MySQL data to consume
> (ie, bytes/service/month)
> 
> Would anyone care to comment?
> 
> jc
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bryan Liles [mailto:lilesb at ijet.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:08 AM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] strategic question: MySQL vs. no MySQL vs.
> > RRDTool
> > 
> > 
> > One reason is because you can't store everything in a rrd.  For
> > instance, if I want to keep the actual plugin return string.  Not just
> > the ok,warning, critical, but the the text string, rrd isn't really
> > going to do much for me.
> > 
> > On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:28:48 -0600
> > "Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]" <jcarro10 at sprintspectrum.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Maybe I'm overlooking the obvious, but... what's the advantage from
> > > moving from a 'default' install to having Nagios to MySQL?  What's
> > > getting stored there?  The results of the checks?  If so, what's the
> > > advantage of having detailed results from 16 months ago?
> > > 
> > > I'm asking this because I'm familiar with the design and intent of
> > > RRDTool.
> > > 
> > > I'd appreciate some discussion on this topic, especially 
> > comparing the
> > > intent of using MySQL vs. using something like RRDTool.
> > > 
> > > jc
> > > 
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