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Hardware and performance monitoring


Data center hardware performance monitoring tools, tutorials, and how to advice. Check out the latest trends in performance monitoring software.
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Is systems management software ready for RSS?
ARTICLE - RSS has gotten popular on the Web for its ability to filter information on the Internet. Now there is talk that RSS could be used in the data center.
Lights out management: How to administer servers from the Bahamas
TIP - While there are many remote management solutions out there, I've found the lights out management (LOM) built into many modern servers is superior to many of the alternatives.
Log management eases SAS 70 auditing burden
ARTICLE - Software delivery firm Intraware uses Splunk, a log management tool, to search log files and generate reports for SAS 70 auditors, saving time on SOX compliance.
How much is your agent getting?
ARTICLE - A crop of management software companies are moving from agent-based systems monitoring to agentless programs. Despite the shift, agentless systems are not a standalone solution.

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Firm snubs IBM, HP, CA and BMC, picks Nimsoft for network monitoring
SearchDataCenter.com | 15 Aug 2008
ARTICLE - More personal service prompted Diversified Media Group to choose the small network monitoring software provider Nimsoft over offerings from one of the "big four."
BMC tool optimizes zIIP and zAAP use by IBM mainframe
SearchDataCenter.com | 10 Jun 2008
ARTICLE - With the help of capacity performance software from BMC, Harris County says it can better determine which work to offload to mainframe specialty processors.
IBM Tivoli Pulse: Tivoli product updates and cloud confusion
SearchDataCenter.com | 27 May 2008
ARTICLE - RedMonk analyst Michael Cote outlines IBM's strategy for Tivoli after attending the IBM Tivoli Pulse conference.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 24
Turn to collaborative tools for systems performance management
06 Aug 2008
TIP - Seeking assistance out of your immediate IT team has a long history. Collaboration efforts can be grouped into two categories: sharing configuration and group problem solving.
Use Nagios to trend and troubleshoot performance issues
30 Jul 2008
TIP - Learn how to use Nagios monitoring tools to track system performance in your data center and use graphs to troubleshoot bottlenecks on I/O-bound or CPU-bound systems.
Is effective performance management in the data center possible?
18 Jul 2008
TIP - Data centers are increasingly vital to the delivery of business services, and performance management is more crucial than ever. Automated performance management tools can help.
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Monitoring your data center with Nagios: A discussion with Taylor Dondich
SearchDataCenter.com | 03 Jan 2007
EXPERT Q&A - GroundWork Open Source senior developer Taylor Dondich discusses open sourc network monitoring with Nagios and the future of open source software in the data center.
Network Monitoring With Nagios
11 Dec 2006
BOOKS - A review by open source expert James Turnbull of Network Monitoring with Nagios by Taylor Dondich; links and resources.
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System Management Software Information
Business.com | 13 Jan 2005
BEST WEB LINK - This web site provides a robust listing of companies that offer systems management software solutions.
Big changes in store for systems management technology, culture
SearchNetworking.com | 14 Sep 2004
BEST WEB LINK - Systems management will soon become much more tied to business functions.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 5
event forwarding
02 May 2007
WORD - Event forwarding is the transmission of information to a centralized computer concerning events that take place on remote computers or servers. In this context, an event is any occurrence that affects a file, program or ...
DCML
08 Mar 2005
WORD - DCML (Data Center Markup Language), based on Extensible Markup Language (XML), is a data format and model for exchanging information that describes a data center environment. DCML is intended to provide a common description ...
lights-out management
12 Oct 2003
WORD - Lights-out management (LOM) is the ability for a system administrator to monitor and manage servers by remote control. A complete LOM system consists of a hardware component called the LOM module and a program that ...
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Process automation technologies, Configuration and change management, Capacity planning


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