The document discusses various monitoring tools for cloud environments, including Zenoss, Spiceworks, Nagios Core, ntopng, SolarWinds, and OP5 Monitor. Zenoss is highlighted for its cloud-agnostic capabilities and powerful plugins, while Spiceworks is noted for its simplicity in monitoring small environments. Other tools like Nagios, ntopng, and SolarWinds are mentioned for their specific monitoring features and use cases in IT infrastructure.

1. Cloud Computing Assignment
Submitted to:
Sir Zulkifil
Submitted By:
BSCS 8th
(E)
Tasmiya Muddaser
FA15-BSCS-209

2. Monitoring tools using Linux and Windows
Zenoss
 Zenoss is an open sourceplatform released under the GNU General Public
License (GPL) version 2.
 It provides an easy-to-use Web UI to monitor performance, events,
configuration, and inventory.
 Zenoss is one of the bestfor unified monitoring since it is cloud agnostic
and is open source.
 Zenoss provides powerful plug-ins named Zenpacks, which support
monitoring on hypervisors (ESX, KVM, Xen and HyperV), private cloud
platforms (CloudStack, OpenStack and vCloud/vSphere), and public cloud
(AWS).
SpiceworksNetworkMonitor
 It is a simple and easy-to-use software for monitoring any Windows
environment.
 Provides real-time updates on servers, switches and other IP devices.
 Ideal for companies that need to monitor less than 25 devices.
 It is free to use
Nagios Core
 It is a Linux and UNIX monitoring system that runs natively in those
environments.
 Nagios coreacts as a basic event scheduler, event processorand alert
manager.
 These services are all able to monitor the specific devices that need to be
monitored and can be specified from within the application itself.
nTopng
 It is a high-speed, web-based traffic analysis that assists with the collection
of data and traffic flows.
 It is a derivative of ntop, which is a network traffic probethat monitors any
and all network traffic.

3.  Its main features are related to network traffic sorting, and criteria can be
chosen and viewed from here.
 IP addresses, ports, L8 protocol, throughput, autonomous systems and more
can be viewed from within this platform.
Solarwinds Server& Application Monitor
 It has a vast array of server and workstation monitoring applications that all
fill a specific niche in the IT infrastructure space.
 SolarWinds has Server & Application Monitor.
 It is 30 Day FREE TRIAL.
 Windows application
Key features include:
 Infrastructure monitoring for Azure and AWS
 Over 1200 application and performance monitoring templates
 Identity and root cause analysis of application and program issues
 Built in monitoring of virtualization services
 Storage performance an health
OP5 Monitor
 OP5 Monitor is a business service management application that allows you
to monitor and manage your Windows based PCs and servers.
 This gives your IT department the power to make better decisions that are
well informed and backed up by critical data.
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