Network Monitoring with Nagios

Nagios is a network-monitoring tool that allows administrators the ability to examine computers, routers, printers, and services. Many organizations opt for pricey commercial solutions such as HP-OpenView. Nagios is an excellent solution for those companies looking for a product that is inexpensive (free) and under constant development due to open source availability. Currently there is not a stable release for Nagios, only an alpha version available for download. The reason for the delayed release is not as much application issues as it is lack of documentation. An Admin Kit with additional documentation, videos, etc will be available for purchase in January 2002.