SubVS: Monitor Servers with Ubuntu and Zabbix

"Zabbix is a nifty service monitoring application that also keeps a history of each machine, so it can be used for trend analysis as well as 'normal' monitoring. It can be used to monitor just about anything, and uses a client agent for windows, linux, BSD, Solaris and others. I use it for an easy to use overview of how all the servers are keeping, and its useful to have a look at when users start moaning, because at a glance you can see what is happening. It can also send alerts based on a huge range of criteria, so you could know before the users even get a chance to moan..."

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