[nycbug-talk] Statistical Monitoring

[Matt Juszczak]

> i've also found that %80 of the info that I am interested in is already
> available easily via stock snmp configs - process counts, memory info,
> network counters, cpu load, users logged in etc...

Do you have an example of such SNMP configs?  I've used SNMP for simple 
monitoring of network traffic, etc., but never to the point of needing to 
get as much info as I really need now.

Also, if SNMP really is that great of a solution, why was 
ganglia/symon/etc created in the first place?