The Best Infrastructure Monitoring Tool
September 27, 2018

The Best Infrastructure Monitoring Tool

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Nagios

We use Nagios to monitor our servers, printers, and network devices. It is an excellent tool for getting a quick eye on your network and deciding if anything needs action preemptively. It has alerts you can configure that also keeps you immediately aware of items that need action NOW. I use this software every day and many times throughout the day.
  • The software alerts me when servers are running low on disk space.
  • Nagios keeps me aware when a server is being heavily utilized with CPU/RAM.
  • This software even lets us know when printers are low on toner.
  • It would be nice to create alerts from the web interface.
  • You need to have some background knowledge of Linux to use this software.
  • The initial configuration is a little tricky.
  • This software keeps my hosts running!
  • It allows me to take action before there is a critical event or downtime.
  • I am able to predict when items are going to become an issue.
I have used both Zabbix and Nagios. Nagios is by far easier to use and configure. I like the layout better and love using it every day. It is my product of choice.
If you have a lot of servers and network devices to keep an eye on Nagios is an excellent product. It gives you both a quick overview of the network as well as alerts you when action is needed. As long as you are comfortable with Linux I highly recommend you implement Nagios as your infrastructure monitoring tool.