OpenNMS vs Zabbix vs Pandora FMS. Here we go! Today we bring you a comparison: OpenNMS vs Zabbix vs Pandora FMS. Three titans of open-source software, without a doubt. We will see its main features and we will talk about the business model of …
In this new Pandora FMS update, improvements have been made in the visual consoles, SLA reports, WUX and the monthly cron jobs, among others. Pandora FMS improves every day to make the user console much more simple and user-friendly NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS Visual …
Percona PMM alternative Pandora FMS On one previous occasion one of our colleagues published a good article on the Percona Server for this database. Percona is a company founded in 2006 by former MySQL employees, Peter Zaitsev and Vadim Tkachenko. Today we bring you …
What is SNMP monitoring? In the most general terms, network monitoring means the use of available communication protocols to collect information on the status of communication systems, whether they be routers, land line communications or cell phones. This article will talk about one of …
What is IPAM? Find out what it means for you and Pandora FMS Today we will take a tour of the most technical Pandora FMS. For some people, it can be a challenge. Although the IPAM extension already existed in Pandora FMS world, in …
Command terminal: How to do more in less time! Something that the Linux kernel inherited was the command line interface (shell): in Unix® it was called Bourne Shell (written by Mr. Stephen Bourne) and it is called Bash which stands for the Bourne-again shell, …
Server down: causes and damages that it can cause to a company Just a few decades ago, almost no company had servers. They did not even use servers from third parties. In fact, in business, server functions were still unexplored, so people did not …
Code Line Counter: language statistics In this blog we have already told you about the application programmer, but… what about the code we write? Do we have any tools that shed any light on this? Well, that’s what we’re going to talk about today, …
What is Industry 4.0, and why will it really change the way we work? What is industry 4.0? Industry 4.0 represents a series of changes so deep in the productive structures, that it has been considered synonymous of a Fourth Industrial Revolution. That is …
What is the silicon lottery? And high-end processors? What does computer science have to do with lottery and high-end processors? Actually, not too much. But there is an important factor in the manufacturing process of the processors that has quite a lot to do …
Citrix NetScaler Monitoring Integrated with Pandora FMS In this article, we offer you the possibility to make an approach to the issue of Citrix NetScaler monitoring, based on the scope of this product line and the visibility challenges involved, to finally propose the solution …
Get to know through an illustrated TLS how private data is protected The wise saying says that the rope always breaks at its weakest point. That is why today we will cover the subject of safe communications with an illustrated TLS connection. In a …
Black Mirror and monitoring: how it is linked to fiction At this point of the series-junkie revolution of the last couple of years, who has not already seen the great ones? The Sopranos, Lost, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones… are some of them and …
New package to update release Pandora FMS 733 The main news of this new 733 update package is the improvement of the Pandora FMS console interface, besides the improvement of functionalities such as the recently launched Discovery, the agent Custom Fields or the network …
How to improve Internet speed: 6 tips for it to work faster Formerly, we practiced all possible yoga positions with our radio and TV antenna, in order for that stressing snow to leave the screen of our TV and get good signal. You may …
Introduction to WAN Load Balancers Monitoring Since load balancers are active devices that can be included in the design of a WAN, the question arises: Should we adapt our monitoring scheme to include something that could be called Load Balancer Monitoring? To answer this …
Cloud applications; the best ones to make things easy for a company Previously, on our own “How to know everything about the technology that surrounds us”, we have already talked about what cloud computing is: that option given by the Internet and its endless …
Datadog alternative: history, comparison and use cases Do you know the Datadog software? Datadog is also the name of the company that produces it, and here we bring it in a comparison with Pandora FMS. First of all we want to tell you that …
Bike sharing services and their monitoring We can see them on the streets of many cities. They are an ecological and healthy alternative to other means of transport and are becoming more and more fashionable. Haven’t you tried them yet? Bike sharing is quite …
Easy monitoring with Pandora FMS Discovery feature Throughout Pandora FMS’s history, constant improvements and functionalities have been introduced that have made Pandora FMS an advanced monitoring tool. At the same time, the more advanced the tool, the more complex its administration and configuration becomes. …
Who is exactly Linus Torvalds? Get to know the man behind the “x” Few human beings enjoy the privilege of having given their name to an operating system (at least one that is known beyond the room of its creator). What about meeting one …
“Monitoring policy system”, “monitoring policy system”, “monitoring policy system”… As much as you repeat it, it still sounds boring, unappetizing and expensive. But you have to admit that an in-depth contact with the monitoring policy system, especially the system that concerns you, is also …
VDI Monitoring: All you need to know to face the Challenge The decision to introduce Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technology is not an easy one. One of the most important aspects to consider is precisely the administration and monitoring of VDI. From the point …
Wifi monitoring, power and wireless network range Although since 1985 the federal government of the United States of America provided the radio bands (frequencies) to be used for our daily use, it was not until 1999 when the brand Wi-Fi® was registered, which means …
Lighting monitoring, the intelligent network that illuminates us What do “smart cities” have in common? Have you ever wondered? No? Well, now’s the time! Well, for now, as a basis, I’m sure they all have an urban development based on sustainability. That’s for sure. …
What is Grafana and how can we use it within the monitoring field? Previously in Pandora FMS we briefly mentioned Grafana and in this occasion we present you: What is Grafana? What does Grafana do? That’s why we invite you to stay! What is …
Hyperconvergence and its challenges for monitoring Hyperconvergence, hyperconvergent platforms, hyperconvergent modules, are relatively new terms in the world of data centers. In addition, each technology that emerges or evolves and succeeds in penetrating the market represents new challenges for monitoring platforms. Thus, hyperconvergence is …
What is an api for? Let’s see the necessary answers So, when someone talks to you about APIs, do you still think it refers to Blas’ inseparable partner in Sesame Street? then you may have a little problem with technology. No one will ever …
IoT open standard; It’s a matter of necessity The early stages of technology development are often key to long-term performance. In the case of some technologies, an erroneous approach has caused them to fail and fall into oblivion; in the case of others, the …
Microsoft SCOM, component for monitoring. Here we go! Microsoft SCOM is an advertised software for Microsoft Windows® administration, but today we will show you that its base rests on well known monitoring techniques. Just to be clear, we emphasize the term in bold: Microsoft …
Company Computers; Considerations before buying these products Do you have to choose company computers? What if, instead of one, you have to buy 100? Or even 1000! Computers are a fundamental asset for any company. If the company computers are not right, it can …
Deep learning: Myths and Truths. Learn all about it Despite decades of development, deep learning has been boosted by the increasing processing power of computers and the immense amount of data available, which has allowed it to obtain some achievements that were unthinkable years …
Deep Packet Inspection: is this the Future of Analysers? Since all technology traffic analysers have evolved, and in order to answer the question of what the next step in this evolution is many experts suggest that the deep packet inspection is the point to …
Web page monitoring: Tools to extract values from it Pandora FMS and web page monitoring Among my multiple occupations is also contributing to edit Wikipedia, and there is a wonderful article about Pandora FMS where it is stated that we can do a Web …
Who is Von Neumann? John Von Neumann; the story of a G-E-N-I-U-S The history of computer science has some names of its own, but without these it would be difficult to understand the current state of this influential science today. If we could establish …
How to monitor networks: a brief and needed approach for all of us Ok, so you own a company, now what? All right, then one of the million things to keep in mind, in addition to the plant that you are going to buy …