Re: [Nolug] Open Source Managed Services?

Chris Jones wrote:
> Hey guys, take a look at this product: http://www.kaseya.com
>
> It's basically a "managed services" system, that lets you keep an eye on
> all your clients, kind of a cross between spyware and SNMP, where you
> install a little client app on every PC you manage, and they all report
> back to your central server. You can then very easily view who is out
> of hard drive space, whose antivirus is expired, whose hard drive is
> having SMART errors, stuff like that. Spot problems before they
> happen. It's very useful, but an expensive investment to get into this
> sort of technology. Now, what I'm wondering, is does anybody know of
> anything like this in the open source world? Surely there's something
> out there like this...

Chris:

This isn't an Open Source product, but if you guys are looking for an
alternative to the Kaseya product, take a look at these guys:

http://www.hounddogiseasy.com/

Cheaper that the Kaseya product. We've been using them and they work
great for monitoring our clients' servers.

Jeremy
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