"Companies don't upgraded OSes, they hand out new PCs"
This might be what some small companies do but most large companies (who have much bigger PC fleets) will have their own SOE so they're not going to stick with the OS the hardware vendor puts on it anyway.
I would recommend Big Brother (http://bb4.com) because: - The free version works great - It can be Linux/Unix based (would recommend) or run from Windows - It gives a simple view of all network connected devices either on 1 or several pages, depending how you configure it - Can utilise paging / alert acknowleging etc. - There are many external scripts available at http://www.deadcat.net/ for specialised checking - It is easy enough to write your own external scripts if you know the basics of shell scripting - It integrates with LARRD - an RRD based graphical tool that gives you good looking graphs
Sure there are alternatives to VHS like the snazzy PVRs that have come out, but why buy one of those when you only have an analogue TV and don't care about the quality? VHS are the cheapest alternative when I already have a VHS recorder.
I agree. I think RAID 1 is the way to go. When I lost my linux server a couple of years ago (a souped up PC), I set it up with software raid (raid 1) and it worked fine - mind you I didn't have any problems with those hard drives. The latest server has hardware raid (also raid 1) so I didn't have to worry about setting it up with software raid.
The great thing about raid 1 (also called mirroring) is that you can still run with 1 hard drive if one of them falls apart.
I find Yabbse to be quite good for a simple BLOG/CMS. It is simple and looks good, yet you can add modules later on to make it more complex if you desire to. http://www.yabbse.org
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"Companies don't upgraded OSes, they hand out new PCs"
This might be what some small companies do but most large companies (who have much bigger PC fleets) will have their own SOE so they're not going to stick with the OS the hardware vendor puts on it anyway.
I would recommend Big Brother (http://bb4.com) because:
- The free version works great
- It can be Linux/Unix based (would recommend) or run from Windows
- It gives a simple view of all network connected devices either on 1 or several pages, depending how you configure it
- Can utilise paging / alert acknowleging etc.
- There are many external scripts available at http://www.deadcat.net/ for specialised checking
- It is easy enough to write your own external scripts if you know the basics of shell scripting
- It integrates with LARRD - an RRD based graphical tool that gives you good looking graphs
Sure there are alternatives to VHS like the snazzy PVRs that have come out, but why buy one of those when you only have an analogue TV and don't care about the quality? VHS are the cheapest alternative when I already have a VHS recorder.
I agree. I think RAID 1 is the way to go. When I lost my linux server a couple of years ago (a souped up PC), I set it up with software raid (raid 1) and it worked fine - mind you I didn't have any problems with those hard drives. The latest server has hardware raid (also raid 1) so I didn't have to worry about setting it up with software raid.
The great thing about raid 1 (also called mirroring) is that you can still run with 1 hard drive if one of them falls apart.
I find Yabbse to be quite good for a simple BLOG/CMS. It is simple and looks good, yet you can add modules later on to make it more complex if you desire to. http://www.yabbse.org