From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 18 20:34:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF50916A42A for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350A243D49 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:34:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (adsl-66-142-191-85.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [66.142.191.85]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93BEF114307 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:31:32 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:32:52 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <8DF94154829F65AF72AD371D@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> In-Reply-To: <20060318141835.Q65497@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <20060318141835.Q65497@bravo.pjkh.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.0 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: System administration question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:34:01 -0000 --On March 18, 2006 2:19:34 PM -0600 Philip Hallstrom wrote: >> Is there a port or utility that allows you to monitor system stats by >> (either interactively or periodically) reading the various stat >> utilities (fstat, iostat, pstat or swapinfo, systat, top, vmstat, etc.) >> and sending a report to root that summarizes system condition? > > if you want graphs (of historical data) most apps seem to use rrdtool. I > find this page to be useful in looking at the available options... > The problem is, this is a headless server located 50 miles away. I'd prefer not to display stats on the webserver (other than webstats, which are already displayed), even password controlled, and, since this is free, volunteer work that I do on the side, I'd prefer to get email messages daily. I already use pflogsumm for mail stats, and it works fine. I also get all the standard system mail, but I'm interested in monitoring performance systematically rather than through casual observance. I just found devel/libstatgrab. I'm going to take a look at that. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/