Re: database monitoring tools - splunk?
- From: kyle Hailey <kylelf@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rstauffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:15:20 -0800
Have anyhone been using Splunk?
I just stumbled upon them and I'm wondering how well they work and where
database monitoring would fit in with Splunk.
I've been thinking of similar ideas of loading data into the "cloud" and
providing UI and analytics there so the data would be accessible anywhere
and not just through VPN, plus a lot of the data visualization techniques
are generic and could be applied to many different sets of data.
Kyle Hailey
http://dboptimizer.com
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Stauffer, Robert G <
rstauffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On a slightly different tack, has anyone used or investigated splunk
> (splunk.com)? It looks versatile and interesting but I haven't had much
> chance to check it out.
>
> We've looked at OEM numerous times over the years but have found it to
> be more of a maintenance headache than it's worth. At the moment, we do
> most of our Oracle db monitoring with custom korn shell and Windows
> shell scripts. I'm considering using the following tools to monitor our
> numerous, disparate systems - Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL on Linux,
> Solaris, AIX, and Windows:
>
> - server/os monitoring: zenoss (our system admins are currently using
> this)
> - db process monitoring/maintenance from a dba maintenance server:
> remote perl scripts
> (http://mirror.facebook.com/cpan/authors/id/S/SA/SALVA/sperl-1.00)(?)
> - db monitoring/maintenance from a dba maintenance server: db command
> line utility (sqlplus, etc.)
> - log monitoring from a dba maintenance server: splunk
>
>
>
> Bob Stauffer
> DBA
> D&E Communications
> Ephrata, PA
> rstauffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 717-738-8737
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Jesse
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:20
> To: 'Oracle-L Freelists'
> Subject: Re: database monitoring tools - what is your short list of
> requirements?
>
> > Simple Customization - DBAs know sql and pl/sql. Have the ability to
> add
> > custom monitoring/alerts using the language of the database...not tcl,
> > not perl (sorry Jared), not java. It would be handy to set alerting
> > thresholds based on return values (<10, 10 - 100, 101 - 1000, >1000).
>
> Interesting -- I don't think I'd like to rely solely on a product to
> monitor
> itself. If it should fail, so would the monitor and any notification I
> would expect from it.
>
> Perl, OTOH, can be installed as part of the Oracle software. And it was
> surprisingly easy to make my script platform agnostic, even with regard
> to
> filesystems.
>
> Simplicity and stability are two qualities I should have mentioned in a
> monitoring tool.
>
> My $.02,
> Rich
>
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