On 12/21/2010 10:25 AM, Matt wrote: >>> 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. You can do that - but if you install cacti it is already set up with the web interface to view it and a framework to add other things. You do need to set up snmpd if you haven't already - although it has been a while since I used cacti - it might have something special for localhost collection. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com