3 Open source monitoring programs

3 Open source monitoring programs

If in your work you are responsible for just one server, you will surely wonder: What is the best way to get the situation under control? In the world there are good open source software that allow you to monitor the status of servers, services and programs. In this article we’ll see an overview some […]

6 Open Source CMDB

6 Open Source CMDB

A fundamental item for those who work according to ITIL best practices is definitely CMDB. A configuration management database (CMDB) is a repository of information related to all the components of an information system. Although repositories similar to CMDBs have been used by IT departments for many years, the term CMDB stems from ITIL. In […]

Open Source conference - Scale 9X

Open Source conference – Scale 9X

I’ve received an email about this conference, and so gladly i propose it to Linuxaria readers. SCaLE stand for South California Linux Expo and it’s held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport from 25 to 27 Febraury 2011. And for Linuxaria readers there is a special promo code to get a discount on the registration.

Ntop for Network analysis

Ntop for Network analysis

In the previous article we saw wireshark, which allows, once activated, to capture packets in a given interface, in this article we’ll see ntop software that allows you to have similar information but also something more. ntop is a network traffic probe that shows the network usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command […]