Munin is good to start with.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I wanted to monitor the hardware stats, and muting helped not only by displaying monitor stats but also helped with Notifications. Simplified User interface and ease of admin. Use cases include real-time monitoring of the hardware and running applications. Muting helped by giving the unified experience of hardware stats and applications. There's no need to put a screen to view OEM-based NMS.
Pros
- Hardware stats.
- Application stats.
- Ease of admin.
- Simple interface.
Cons
- Mobile application.
- Pre builtin modules for unix, cisco, hp devices.
- Alert Notifications over SMS and call.
- Web hook integrations with Slack, pagerduty etc.
Likelihood to Recommend
Single window to look for hardware statistics and application monitoring. Easy to configure, and a lot of stuff is available online related to its configuration. However, the team at Munin should work on the mobile applications as well and also look for bundling professional services at a cost. That will be helpful for startups to hook to Munin instead of running across websites for the integration.
