If your data center houses Linux servers, you'll be glad to know there's an easy way to monitor those machines. Jack Wallen shows you how with the help of nmon. If you make use of Linux in your data ...

Everytime I boot into Linux from win2k, the size of the viewable image on my monitor gets smaller and I'm forced to adjust it on my monitor. But then if I go to back to win2k the image on the screen ...

Monitoring the performance of Linux systems is a critical task for administrators aiming to ensure reliability, efficiency, and security. When it comes to robust and scalable monitoring, Nagios ...

Microsoft last week released an updated monitoring pack for System Center 2012 running on Windows Server 2008 that provides reporting capabilities for Unix and Linux servers. The pack, called "System ...

I need to remotley monitor the throughput of a linux box, I have SNMP set up on the remote box but does anyone have any MRTG configs I can borrow to monitor the Linux boxen? I have not setup MRTG ...

The bpytop tool works a lot like other performance monitoring tools, but gives you tremendous control over what it shows you. The bpytop tool is similar to other performance monitoring tools available ...

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? This the classic query designed to place your mind into the Zen-like state known as the silent mind. Whether or not ...

Linux tip: Many users are all too familiar with using Ctrl+Alt+Del (or, on a Mac, Cmd+Opt+Esc) to kill unresponsive processes. There isn't a comparable keyboard shortcut for Linux by default, but a ...

Find out how to set up the powerful Checkmk monitor to keep tabs on all of your networked servers. As a systems/network administrator, it’s on you to keep tabs on the Linux servers in your data center ...