System status

Devasundaram has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: System status by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 29, 2007 at 09:39 UTC
If by "computer system" you mean "a host", you can Net::Ping it.	[reply]
Re^2: System status by Devasundaram (Initiate) on Aug 30, 2007 at 04:38 UTC
Thanks lot Moritz. It is working fine. I have feel very happy....	[reply]
Re: System status by andyford (Curate) on Aug 29, 2007 at 17:20 UTC
I like Nagios for the purpose of determining network availability. non-Perl: Andy Ford	[reply]
Re^2: System status by blazar (Canon) on Aug 30, 2007 at 09:20 UTC
Ain't it a little bit like shooting those little thingies (I can't remember the correct English idiom) with cannons? Update: sparrows, someone suggests me.	[reply]
Re^3: System status by andyford (Curate) on Aug 30, 2007 at 12:27 UTC
I find that often a seemingly little project like pinging a few hosts can accidently turn into a 'complete' network monitoring system. If you start with the proper software right from the get-go, you won't end up creating your own custom wheel. non-Perl: Andy Ford	[reply]
Re: System status by andreas1234567 (Vicar) on Aug 30, 2007 at 09:48 UTC
If you want to go beyond a simple ping, Zenoss and OpenNMS are good, open-source propositions. There's a list of open source network management software here. -- Andreas	[reply]