I just ordered a new machine for our Nagios server which should serve your needs too: Compaq Proliant DL360 G4 with a single Xeon 3.2 Ghz, 2 Gig Ram, 2x 36G 10k HDDs in Raid 1 On a sidenote: don't even consider building a server for yourself with custom hardware. If the company sees the need to monitor its network, it would be a dire mistake to build that on a selfmade machine. Expect any desktop machine to start failing after 1 year and it will prolly die off another year later. They are not meant to run 24x7 under full stress. If they are serious, they buy server hardware for it - and not the cheapest crap around. sash -------------------------------------------------- Sascha Runschke Netzwerk Administration IT-Services ABIT AG Robert-Bosch-Str. 1 40668 Meerbusch Tel.:+49 (0) 2150.9153.226 mailto:SRunschke@abit.de http://www.abit.net http://www.abit-epos.net http://www.my-academy.net -------------------------------------------------- Der Inhalt dieser Email sowie die Anhänge sind ausschließlich für den bezeichneten Adressaten bestimmt. Wenn Sie nicht der vorgesehene Adressat dieser Email oder dessen Vertreter sein sollten, so beachten Sie bitte, daß jede Form der Kenntnisnahme, Veröffentlichung, Vervielfältigung oder Weitergabe des Inhalts dieser Email unzulässig ist. Wir möchten Sie außerdem darauf hinweisen, daß die Kommunikation per Email über das Internet unsicher ist, da fuer unberechtigte Dritte grundsätzlich die Möglichkeit der Kenntnisnahme und Manipulation besteht. Wenn Sie diese Nachricht versehentlich erhalten, informieren Sie bitte den Absender und löschen diese Nachricht mit den Anhängen. Herzlichen Dank The information and any attachments contained in this email are intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, reproduction, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. We also like to inform you that communication via email over the internet is insecure because third parties may have the possibility to access and manipulate emails. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you very much. <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <td>Jan Scholten <Jan.Scholten@iconz.net> Gesendet von: nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 29.11.2004 03:22 <td> An: nagiosusers <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Kopie: Thema: [Nagios-users] Best Server? [Virus scanned]</table> Hi! I am in the glorious position to choose what kind of server should be bought for the monitoring server. But actually i have no Idea where to put stress on. I am using Nagios 1.2 to monitor about 200 Hosts and 400 Services but that will be alot ( maybe + 600 Services) more when everything is proper configured. Actually i am running Nagios on a Celeron 300 with 128 Meg under Debain testing, works but starts lagging (load up to 15) and webside is kinda slow. So i got the following question from purchasing guy: What sort of spec do you think would be appropriate? What make/model CPU? Single CPU or multiple? How much RAM? I believe because of the lots of spawned processes a Dual CPU would be fine and some RAM. What would you recommend (be realistic i don't want to have a Dual XXX that is idleing all the time)? I was thinking about either a small Dual System (better opteron or Xeon?) with around a gig of ram. Or a single AMD64 or P4 with a gig of RAM. A configured Dell Server: Dual Xeon 2.8, 1 Gig Ram, 2 *40 GB Raid 1 Harddisks is about 1800 Euro. a selfbuild P4 3.2 will be definitly cheaper :-) Jan ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null