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IT Infrastructure, Monitoring Software

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Description of checkmk

Checkmk is a comprehensive IT monitoring system that enables system administrators, IT managers, and DevOps teams to identify issues across their entire IT infrastructure (servers, applications, networks, storage, databases) and act quickly to resolve them. More than 2,000 commercial customers and many more open source users worldwide use Checkmk daily to ensure high availability and performance. Key product features: • Service state monitoring with 1,900+ checks 'out of the box' • Log and event-based monitoring • Metrics, dynamic graphing, and long-term storage • Comprehensive reporting incl. availability and SLAs • Flexible notifications and automated alert handling • Monitoring of business processes and complex systems • Hardware and software inventory • Graphical, rule-based configuration and automated service discovery Broad set of unique benefits: Ultra-scalable • Distributed set-ups of several hundred sites or several thousand retail stores • Millions of services in one monitoring • Very low use of CPU resources • Superior memory performance for live data due to RAM storage • Highly optimized I/O performance, • Very short measurement intervals of up to 1s One of the shortest set-up times and lowest operations efforts in the industry • One integrated system, fully packaged, and ready in a few minutes • High degree of automation enables very broad monitoring scope • Automation of agent threshold configuration, installation, and updating • Automatic creation of configuration files • Unique rule-based configuration to drastically reduce manual configuration Very low Total Cost of Ownership • Low consulting and operations cost due to fast installation and automation • Low monitoring hardware needs due to low CPU usage Various other benefits exists, e.g. • Support for 5+ Server operating systems • Many options to realize ‘High Availability’, including own appliance • Future proof incl. monitoring of Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure Customers include: Airbus, Bosch, Continental, Zalando, Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom, DB Schenker, The Linde Group, BT Group, Marketo, Groupon, and Hortonworks.
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Revainrating 4 out of 5

Very useful tool for monitoring your applications

I have used CheckMk in a previous company where I was the PM. It helped us to easily check the health of the server and all the software installed on it. It also helped us to see the status of our servers at a glance. It is easy to configure. I would like there to be a way to see the last time any of the checks ran. When we had our site down we couldn't see any errors. It was only possible to see that the site was down if you checked the status of a particular application. I can't see any…

Pros
  • It also provides a way to schedule checks
Cons
  • I don't like the fact that you can't see the logs for any of the checks

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very helpful monitoring solution, especially if your business is multi-faceted

The software has been very flexible when it comes to customization of reports. We have used this tool for many years now with our clients in different industries and we are still using it today as well! I think the only thing which could be improved would be maybe some more detailed reporting options such as charts or graphs etc but other than that everything works flawlessly!! It's pretty easy to use once you get familiar with the layout of the dashboard. It helps us monitor all aspects of…

Pros
  • Very nice graphic dashboards
  • Flexibility regarding data collection (which is really good)
  • Allows one click configuration by system administrators, making sure they can easily set thresholds without any coding background whatsoever
Cons
  • Secret

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great tool! Powerful monitoring & troubleshooting

I like that it can be customized to your needs, and that you have access to great support when needed. The reporting capabilities are very powerful, with lots of options for customization. It's a bit expensive but it does seem worth it. I would highly recommend this product. Monitoring our servers and networking equipment. We use it for alerts as well as reporting. I like the fact that I can schedule tasks and can easily get notified when tasks are completed. I dislike the fact that I have to…

Pros
  • Great monitoring solution
  • Flexibility in terms if configuration settings (SNMP compliance etc.)
  • Easy setup only takes minutes!
Cons
  • There are nuances