[mrtg] Re: Best box and OS to use

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

There are a few things to consider:

Hard drives.  Best to get SCSI.  Super fast, way better than any 
ATA-type device.

Lots more RAM.

OS is fine.

CPU *should* be ok, but with having to upgrade just about everything 
else, might as well throw in a new cpu too.

Software.  MRTG has to draw 4 graphs and 1 html page, plus write out 
two log fines for every target you poll, every 5 minutes.  Switch to 
RRDTool and you get LOTS of processing power back.  You only 
lose drawing the graphs, which most likely are not being viewed 
all the time.

Move the Webserver to another machine.  In addition to gathering and 
redrawing, you also expect that same box to display the stuff as well?

HTH!

Paul

>>> Alan Rader <arader at finishline.com> 08/22/02 08:49AM >>>

Currently I am running on a Celeron 400 with a 3.2gb HDD and 64mb memory
running FreeBsd 4.0.  With the amount of stuff I am watching, I think this
thing is struggling.  

What recommendations can the list give me as far as what OS is most stable
and commonly used etc for mrtg?
What kind of hardware is being run?

I have a 733 desktop PC, 20gb and just put 384mb in it I could dedicate to
this for now.  Would this make a big difference for me?  I am getting
emails/reports of lock files since I added my last router with about 450 sub
interfaces and I think it is because it can't finish polling it in time.  I
have had no luck with getting the graphical interface on Freebsd, but with
an install of RH71 and OpenLinux 3.1 being no problem.

Thanks for any info.


Alan Rader
Finish Line, Inc.
Network Administrator
arader at finishline.com 
317-899-1022 x3529


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