>> I check system load like so: >> >> [root at server cron.daily]# w >> 10:07:33 up 4 days, 15:01, 2 users, load average: 4.22, 3.17, 3.09 >> >> I would like to to graph the 3.17 5 minute average with MRTG. Anyone >> know of some examples of doing this? > > Where you should start depends on how much else you would like to > monitor. Cacti is probably the easiest thing to set up for a small > number of machines and not unreasonable for a single host monitoring > itself. I like OpenNMS but it is overkill for a small setup. I already have MRTG installed and am somewhat familiar with it. Graph interfaces with it. I was thinking an MRTG config and perhaps a shell script for it to call.