Eric MacFarlane – Network Manager
About N.E.W. College 600+ Active Staff Accounts 6,000+ Active Students Accounts 4 Campuses 2,000+ Workstations/Laptops 60+ Servers 40+ Wireless access points 100+ Edge switches
Why Nagios No prior monitoring system Open source and free Plenty of resources on how to use Nagios Easy to use Reduce service downtime Can highlight what services are affected by the outage
Nagios Overview
Nagios Host Status
Network Map
Advantages of Nagios Free Open source Easy to use Very customisable Can run on old hardware
Disadvantages of Nagios Requires basic Linux knowledge Can be easy to input typo’s into configuration
Useful Resources Nagios - Nagios 2 nd Edition Book - Amazon Learning Nagios Amazon