Service dependencies -- see 'depends' in Hobbit bb-host man page.
Host dependencies -- see 'route' in Hobbit bb-host man page.
-----Original Message----- From: Axel Beckert [mailto:beckert at phys.ethz.ch] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:26 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit vs Nagios (was: The latest version of hobbit.)
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What I like with Nagios which is neither in BB nor Hobbit
Service Dependencies (if MySQL is down, the Website is broken, too, so report MySQL as the source of the problem)
Host Dependencies (if the router is down, it's clear that all hosts behind must be down, too).
Event Hooks (good for connecting IRC Bots :-)
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(If anyone knows that features I mentioned as not available are though available, please correct me. :-)
P.S.: I also had a short look at Pandora FMS (http://pandora.sf.net/), but it seemed to be overkill for my purposes.
Kind regards, Axel Beckert-- Axel Beckert <beckert at phys.ethz.ch> support: +41 44 633 2668 IT Support Group, HPR E 86.1 voice: +41 44 633 4189 Departement Physik, ETH Zurich fax: +41 44 633 1239 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/