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Spotlight: Munin network resource monitoring tool

By Jack Wallen December 9, 2009, 6:06 AM PST

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Spotlight: Munin network resource monitoring tool

Network traffic

Network traffic

Compare your network traffic by day, week, month, and year.

For a full review of the Munin network resource monitoring tool, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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Spotlight: Munin network resource monitoring tool

Post install

Post install

After Munin is installed you will see a listing of the servers/nodes you have configured. There will be no data collected so you will see no graphs (or indications that system is working).

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Spotlight: Munin network resource monitoring tool

Hourly traffic

Hourly traffic

From this graph you can track the ebb and flow of your hourly network traffic.

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Spotlight: Munin network resource monitoring tool

Track load

Track load

With this graph we can easily track the load placed on different databases found on a database server.

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Spotlight: Munin network resource monitoring tool

Define host

Define host

This portion of the Munin configuration file is where you define your host. This particular host is gathering information about itself.

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Spotlight: Munin network resource monitoring tool

Collecting data

Collecting data

Once the configuration is complete, and Munin restarted, you will shortly see the graphs appear. After another brief period, these graphs will begin to fill with data.

For a full review of the Munin network resource monitoring tool, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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