[mrtg] Re: Best box and OS to use

[Erik Jacobsen]

Alan,

I would completely avoid X Windows on a *NIX box in a server role.
First, X in combination with the "cool" desktops like KDE and Gnome
consume a lot of memory.  Second, if you do run X, port 6000 will be
open on your machine.  

I have found that MRTG runs pretty good on Pentium II and III class
machines.  As a test, I had MRTG running on a Redhat 7.2, PII 400 MHz
machine with 256MB of RAM and it smoked.  In fact, it left a dual PII
733 running Win2K Server with a gig of memory and RAID 5 array in the
dust.  I am sure this list does not need a thread on the obvious
benefits of Celeron v. Pentium Processors or a UNIX v Winders
discussion.



Erik (My Comments Only!)


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Rader [mailto:arader at finishline.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:49 AM
To: 'MRTG'
Subject: [mrtg] Best box and OS to use


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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