Project Management: Comprehensive Analysis of Server Monitoring Tools

This project management assignment provides a detailed overview of server monitoring tools, essential for evaluating server performance. It introduces various tools such as NagiosCore, Ganglia, CollectD, Spiceworks, Cacti, Zabbix, Icinga, OpenNMS, and WhatsUp Gold, comparing their functionalities and capabilities in monitoring IT infrastructure. The assignment further explores the server monitoring architecture, which includes application, window agent, linux agent, and service components, and how these components work together to generate reports and provide warnings for potential issues. The project also addresses data vulnerabilities associated with server monitoring tools, particularly concerning server privileges and multiple user access points, and suggests solutions like the use of scanning tools such as Comondo HackerProof to detect and mitigate security risks. The project concludes by emphasizing the importance of server monitoring in reducing risks and threats, highlighting its significance in maintaining the integrity of data that flows through a server.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management
[Name of the Student]
[Name of the University]
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Introduction:
Server is considered to be the system responsible for the supplying of different kind of
resources, services and data to the system from the network channels. After receiving of request
the server is associated with the responding to the request. The requests are mainly associated
with involving a user identity verification request or request for permission [1]. Different kind of
tools are used which helps in monitoring of the servers. This tools are mainly used so as to
monitor and administer the entire network. The automated checking systems helps in the
generation of the checks in a scheduled manner which is also responsible for the providing of a
pre-emptive warnings for the servers.
IT Infrastructure monitoring tools:
Some of the major IT infrastructure monitoring tools have been provided below:
NagiosCore:
NagiosCore is a monitoring tool which is customizable along with being cost-effective. The open
source monitoring tool helps in measuring along with the monitoring of the servers [2]. This tool
is also responsible for the providing of reports as well as remediate services.
Ganglia:
Ganglia is an open source tool which is used by the high speed computer systems. This
tool is having an architecture which along with being scalable is also distributed in nature and is
seen to be dependent upon the hierarchical design. Data is represented by XML whereas the
transportation is represented by the XDR. The efficiency of this tool is maximized by means of
the algorithms and data structures which helps is putting an overhead upon the individual nodes.

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CollectD:
CollectD is an open source monitoring tool responsible for the collection of the performance
statistics along with being responsible for storage of the collected data in various kind of formats
[4]. This tool is used by various OS and is associated with searching and identification of
different bottlenecks. This type of tool is mainly seen to be integrated with the graphing tool.
Spicework:
Spicework is responsible for proving of server insights along with the insights of the
SNMP devices, the services and the switches. Responsible for the finding out of IP address
devices along with helping in the supplying of knowledge base as well as different functions of
the help desk.
Cacti:
This is a front end tool or a graphing tool used by the data systems which is having the
capacity of managing the process of collecting the data. External scripts are used for gathering
the data which in turn is responsible for feeding the metrics [3]. Graphs are generated by this tool
by usage of the infrastructure elements such as the load balancers and servers.
Zabbix:
Zabbix is an enterprise solution which is having different characteristics and is
responsible for the providing of support commercially. The tool is also responsible for the
checking of the response time for different servers such as the HTTP. The uptime is also checked
by this software.

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Icinga:
This tool is an extension of the Nagios which is responsible for the providing of the
REST API as well as connectors for the database [5]. The new API attribute helps in easy
integration of different extensions where there is no need of direct modification of the core.
OpenNMS:
OpenNMS is the software associated with allowing the connection of maximum ten
devices which is associated with allowing a login to a single user only. The serving functionality
of this software is very simple [6].
WhatsUP Gold:
This tool is associated with the monitoring of the application performance along with the
server and the network device performance. The tool is associated with monitoring in the on
premises as well in the clouds. An interactive as well as comprehensive map is provided by this
tool which is related to the complete network architecture. The servers along with the traffic
flow, the applications and the wireless controllers are also monitored.
Comparison
CollectD
Disk usage

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Figure 1: Disk Usage)
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CPU Monitoring

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Figure 2: CPU Monitoring
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Process Monitoring

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Figure 3: Process Monitoring
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Resource Monitoring
Figure 4: Resource Monitoring
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Bandwidth Measuring
Figure 5: Bandwidth Measuring
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Ganglia
Disk usage
Figure 6: Disk Usage

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CPU Monitoring
Figure 7: CPU Monitoring
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Resource Monitoring

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Figure 8: Resource Monitoring
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Bandwidth Monitoring
Figure 9: Bandwidth Monitoring
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Process Monitoring
Figure 10: Process Monitoring
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