Ever since I have installed Munin, I have been noticing system statistics that I would like to monitor that the built-in plugins do not. I have written two Munin plugins and I’d like to share them, as simple as they are. Munin doesn’t require a lot when it runs its plugins. The only necessary steps to [...]
On Thursday, I discovered Munin, a nifty daemon for monitoring just about anything on any type of system. I had previously tried Nagios, but found it to be cumbersome and simply too much for my personal needs. I want a monitoring solution that doesn’t have any bells or whistles, doesn’t alert me, but is there [...]
Now that I have had a few days to form an opinion on ZFS, I will provide a more in-depth analysis, while still only scratching the surface. Before I begin, let me explain my build. AMD ASROCK E350M1-USB3 Mini-ITX Motherboard (4x SATA 3 ports, all on a single controller as it seems) 4GB DDR3 1333 [...]