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size=2>A common question, one which burned in my mind when I came to that
crossroads, and perhaps one which should be added to the
FAQ.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>I'll throw my $0.02 in, but YMMV, and I'm sure you'll get some variance
in opinions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>- check_by_ssh -- great for punching through firewalls where port 22 is
already open (saves you having to punch more holes); doesn't scale well, because
of the crypto computations</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>- NRPE -- it's what I'm using; many aren't thrilled with having to manage
multiple nrpe.cfg files across every client; I've managed to make
do</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>- nrpep -- not terribly familiar with it; basically a variation on the
NRPE theme, I believe, except in Perl</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>- nagios_statd -- for starters, you'd have to install Python on ever
client you wish to install this on; I also seem to recall reading a post to the
list where someone was having problems expanding on the
functionality</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>- check_snmp -- this is something I've been pondering for a while, and
would like to try; someone posted very recently that it's quite lightweight;
you'll need the SNMP binaries installed on the Nagios host as well as every
client; not sure, but I'm guessing that the lion's share of the SNMP effort is
peeling back the layers to find exactly what things you can
monitor</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>- NSCA -- this is the passive approach, meaning the client will need to
contact the server; I pondered this as an option, but nobody could tell me how
well it scales, or whether it would suffice as a replacement for the active
checks that NRPE gives me</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>In summary, I'm using NRPE, and am considering adding/switching to
check_snmp.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>HTH.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398475316-14012003><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>jc</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Marian Zurek
[mailto:Marian.ZUREK@cern.ch]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:35
AM<BR><B>To:</B> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Cc:</B>
Marian.ZUREK@cern.ch<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Nagios-users] NRPE vs. check_by_ssh
vs. nagios_statd<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hi all,<BR><BR> I
started to use the NAGIOS and came to the question which facility out of :
<BR> <BR> <B>-
check_by_ssh<BR> - </B><B>NRPE</B> <BR>
<B>- nrpep<BR> - nagios_statd<BR> -
???<BR><BR></B> should choose the for the remote checks
(disk space, free memory, etc.). <BR> I plan also to perform
the SNMP based queries in the future also.<BR><BR> As I am
quite new in the "business" I will be grateful for sharing your experience.
<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Marian<BR>-------------------------------------------------------
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