Re: Historical System Performance Data

From: Chladek, Dave (Dave.Chladek_at_NHMCCD.EDU)
Date: 02/20/04

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    Date:         Fri, 20 Feb 2004 08:16:44 -0600
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    HP has a product line that will monitor and log numerous items and will
    retain for as long and/or as large a file as you may need. The products are
    called Measureware (the actual monitoring/logging tool), Performance
    Monitor, Performance Manager (Windows based) and/or a real-time monitoring
    package called GlancePlus.

    I use Measureware and the Performance Manager to monitor 4.3.3 and 5.2
    systems (also does Windows). I have used this package, granted on HP systems
    for many years, any have found few others that compare with it. I have
    heard that IBM is supposed to be offering a variation of it but that's all I
    know about it.

    The HP Performance Monitor, along with the Measureware software, provides
    surprising 'drill down' capabilities with canned or custom reports and 'near
    time' monitoring via a web based GUI that refreshes periodically. I was
    quite surprised when I found that it monitored AIX with much the same
    capabilities as on HP systems. Here is a link to a PDF fact *** on the
    openview.hp.com web site...
    http://openview.hp.com/products/performance/ds/ovperf_ds_jun03.pdf

    No, I don't sell, market or work for HP just really like the product and
    though it is not cheap it is well worth it as far as I am concerned.

    Hope this helps.

    Dave Chladek
    UNIX Systems Administrator
    North Harris Montgomery Community College District

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Adam Hanel [mailto:hanela@BILLINGS.K12.MT.US]
    Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:13 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Historical System Performance Data

    Has any one used performance monitoring software from
    http://www.pawz.ws/Products.htm or similar software to keep a graphical
    representation of the historical performance on your systems?

    Or can any one recommend software that will do this?

    --Adam

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