In the environment of system management next to commercial solutions the open-source solution Nagios has been established for professional use. The huge number of available hardware sample and software sample as well as the good extensibility and flexibility of this solution are rationals to use Nagios in production environments. As a platform there are Linux/Unix operating systems.
A special advantage of Nagios is in its modular structure. Nagios has no test procedures but it uses plug-in to request the monitored ressources.
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