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diff --git a/sysutils/symon/pkg-descr b/sysutils/symon/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7ab684932af6 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/symon/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The symon project consists of three parts; a data monitor, a data consolidator +and a data displayer. + +symon is a is a lightweight system monitor that measures cpu, memory, pf, +interface and disk statistics every 5 seconds. It sends this data on to symux +for further processing. symon has been designed to inflict minimal performance +and security impact -- it can be run as nobody on the system it monitors. + +symux is a non-priviledged daemon that listens to incoming symon traffic. symux +can write the incoming symon streams into rrd files. Clients interested in +monitoring machine state can also log into symux and receive data as ascii as +it arrives. + +symon2web is a php script that can show the data stored in the rrd files. + +WWW: http://www.xs4all.nl/~wpd/symon |