[nycbug-talk] network monitoring . . . & something OT

[George R.]

We're in the process of implementing Nagios for a large variety of 
clients. . . it will cover devices, application servers, the whole array.

Will be posting some info on that at some point as it progresses.  The 
biggest hassle is accumulating one set list of all hosts, with model, 
etc., of devices of monitor with what services. . .

And one nice thing about OBSD 3.8, a Nagios package is chrooted as a 
package.  Very nice. . .  And I don't think there was even a Nagios 
package on OBSD 3.7.

Now, OT, post-phone talk with .Ike about standards . . .

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

particularly this one:

"The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them 
to choose from."

g