9 of the Best Free Linux System Monitoring Tools
Computer monitoring systems are used to gather
data for the purpose of real-time incident
notification, performance analysis, and system health verification.
Without such a tool, a
system administrator would have to login to each machine to collect
information on a regular basis. This kind of repetitive task can be
automated using a system monitoring tool.
System monitoring can also help identify problems
before they escalate to emergency status. This type of
software is not only useful for network administrators. Home
users with a small network or even just a single computer will benefit
from advanced notification provided by system monitoring tools.
Knowing that free space on the hard disk is running out, or
that a particular server/daemon has gone down can be extremely useful.
These types of systems gather data relating to CPU, memory,
network, disk utilization, response time of network services, and much
more.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is
available, we have compiled a list of 9 Linux system
monitoring tools. Hopefully, there will be something of
interest here for anyone who wants to monitor a specific service or
situation.
Now, let's explore the 9 system monitoring
applications at hand. For each title we have compiled its own portal
page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features,
screenshots, together with
links to relevant resources and reviews.
| System Monitoring Tools |
| Nagios |
Host and
service monitor designed to inform you of network
problems |
| OpenNMS |
Enterprise
grade network monitoring platform |
| ZABBIX |
All-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution |
| Xymon |
System
for monitoring of hosts and networks, inspired by the
Big Brother software |
| Mon |
General-purpose problem alerting system |
| Pandora
FMS |
Flexible
monitoring system |
| Opsview |
Network and application monitoring tool that extends
the capabilities of Nagios |
| FreeNATS |
Automatic
network status testing, alerting and reporting package |
| Monit |
Utility
for managing and monitoring processes, files, directories and
filesystems |
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