BigSister
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| developer | Thomas Aeby |
| Current version | 1.12-1 (June 5, 2017) |
| operating system | Unix derivatives , Microsoft Windows |
| category | Network monitoring |
| License | GPL ( Free Software ) |
| German speaking | No |
| bigsister.graeff.com | |
Big Sister System and Network Monitor is free software released under the GNU General Public License . Big Sister network monitor is generally known as Big Sister , but there is a risk of confusion with other monitoring projects that are also referred to by this name.
With Microsoft's .NET framework, BigSister can also run under Microsoft Windows .
BigSister is the open source version of the monitoring software BigBrother from Quest and is accordingly compatible with it. BigSister offers a collection of plugins for network, host and service monitoring as well as a web interface for querying the collected data. It is also possible to display the collected performance data as a graph with the help of RRDtool .
functionality
The mother process, i.e. the BigSister server, obtains its data from agents who use them in a variety of ways, e.g. B. via SNMP , Perl programs etc. collect. The data is sent from the agent to the BigSister server via the TCP .
In this way, complex networks and systems can be monitored, BigSister can save their status in MySQL databases or text files and display the current results in a table on a web interface. If an error occurs, the responsible administrator will e.g. B. notified by email.