HowtoForge: Server Monitoring With BixData | Linux Today

HowtoForge: Server Monitoring With BixData

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 21, 2006

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“BixData is a system, application, and network monitoring tool
which allows you to easily monitor nearly every aspect of your
servers. It can be used for general reporting, for sending
notifications when problems arise, or for automatic maintenance and
repairs–by executing scripts when errors or particular conditions
arise.

“The BixData system is made of three separate parts. The
BixAgent runs on any machine you want to monitor. The BixServer is
used to monitor machines remotely and to keep track of many
different machines. The BixDesktop is a graphical interface that is
used to setup and interact with the rest of the system…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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