steve on 2007-06-20
Open Source, Distributed Monitoring with nice charts and graphics for management:
ABBIX was created by Alexei Vladishev, alexei.vladishev@zabbix.com).
ZABBIX is all-in-one 24x7 monitoring solution without high cost.
ZABBIX is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers.
ZABBIX uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any
event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. ZABBIX offers excellent reporting and data visualisation
features based on the stored data. This makes ZABBIX ideal for capacity planning.
ZABBIX supports both polling and trapping. All ZABBIX reports and statistics, as well as configuration
parameters are accessed through a web-based front end. A web-based front end ensures that the status of your
network and the health of your servers can be assessed from any location. Properly configured, ZABBIX can play
an important role in monitoring IT infrastructure. This is equally true for small organisations with a few
servers and for large companies with a multitude of servers.
ZABBIX is free of cost. ZABBIX is written and distributed under the GPL General Public License. It means that its
source code is freely distributed and available for the general public.
Both free and commercial support is available and provided by ZABBIX Company.