Distributed monitoringwithout direct networkconnection

[Nick Lunt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:ae at op5.se]
> Sent: 29 November 2008 13:51
> To: Nagios Users Mailinglist
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Distributed monitoringwithout direct
> networkconnection
> 
> Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
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> > Nick Lunt wrote:
> >
> >> It's not that the connections will be up/down it's more that they
> simply
> >> won't be there. Most of our clients are NHS (hospitals) and we
have
> to
> >> have a secure vpn connection that we dial into on an as needed
> basis.
> >>
> >> We currently just send alerts as emails to our support account, but
> the
> >> company is getting bigger and bigger so monitoring the support
inbox
> is
> >> becoming a massive chore. We really want a central nagios server
> with
> >> the web frontend on a big flat screen on the wall :)
> >
> > Setup dedicated links. With VPN's this should not cost you an arm
and
> a leg.
> >
> > You try to fix the wrong problem in my view.
> >
> 
> Since the targeted organizations are hospitals, I think it's legal
> matters
> rather than competence that make dedicated links a showstopper.

Correct, plus the connection is time limited, so it will automatically
cut you off after 24 hours.


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