Analyse and compare various server management systems

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System Management Assignment - Server Availability Monitoring and Metrics

Purpose of the assessment - The purpose of the assignment is to compare free (open source) server monitoring tools based on the basic metrics of checking availability. Students will be able to complete the following ULOs:

1. Analyse and compare various server management systems.

2. Compare emerging tools and techniques for system management.

Assignment Description -

Monitoring availability of servers and services is one of the core issues that companies face in their day to day operations. However, there are always some challenges such as at what metrics the availability of hardware, services and applications may be considered. Additionally, it is important to understand that what resources are being used by the servers and services while being up and running.

For further reading, could refer to the article "IT Infrastructure-Monitoring Tools" [1]. The article is available on the IEEE Explore, which could be easily accessed.

The assessment requires students to compare server availability monitoring tools Including (1) Nagios Core, (2) Ganglia, (3) CollectD, (4) Spiceworks, (5) Cacti, (6) Zabbix, (7) Icinga, (8) OpenNMS, and (9) WhatsUp Gold, in terms of the metrics given in the following. The students are required to submit a report, which includes:

1. Comparison of the above server availability monitoring tools to check their performance in terms of:

a) Disk usage

b) CPU monitoring

c) Process Monitoring

d) Bandwidth Monitoring

e) Resource Measuring

f) Overall availability

2. Discuss and evaluate in detail the server availability monitoring architecture.

3. Propose a solution to avoid data vulnerability in server availability monitoring tools.

4. Discuss the impact of failure prediction on server availability monitoring.

References - [1] J. Hernantes, G. Gallardo and N. Serrano, "IT Infrastructure-Monitoring Tools" in IEEE Software, vol. 32, no. 04, pp. 88-93, 2015.doi: 10.1109/MS.2015.96.

Sections to be included in the report -

1. Introduction - Outline of the report (in 3-4 sentences).

2. Report Layout - Report layout, style and language.

3. Comparison - To compare server availability monitoring tools such as (1) Nagios Core, (2) Ganglia, (3) CollectD, (4) Spiceworks, (5) Cacti, (6) Zabbix, (7) Icinga, (8) OpenNMS, and (9) WhatsUp Gold, in terms of:

a. Disk usage

b. CPU monitoring

c. Process Monitoring

d. Bandwidth Monitoring

e. Resource Measuring

f. Overall availability

4. Evaluation - Discuss and evaluate in detail the server availability monitoring architecture.

5. Identification and Analysis - Discuss in detail and draw Server availability monitoring architecture.

6. Propose - Propose and evaluate a solution to avoid data vulnerability in server availability monitoring tools.

7. Conclusion - Write summary of the report.

8. Reference style - Follow IEEE reference style.

Reference no: EM132295392

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len2295392

4/28/2019 10:47:50 PM

Word limit - 1500 – 2000 words. Follow IEEE reference style. Submission Guidelines - All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.

len2295392

4/28/2019 10:47:43 PM

Marking Rubric – Introduction - All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated. Report Layout - Exceptional report layout, style and language used. Comparison - Finding is clearly linked and well justified. Evaluation - Exceptional evaluation of server availability monitoring. Identification and Analysis - Identified the security and privacy issues and provided excellent justification. Propose - Exceptional proposal of avoiding data vulnerability. Conclusion - Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments. Reference style - Clear styles with excellent source of references.

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