NAME
sinfod - a monitoring tool for networked computers
SYNOPSIS
sinfod [-F] [-q] [-V] [-b #.#.#.#] [-n card ] [ -N nicevalue ] [ -m
marker ][-s][-W]
DESCRIPTION
sinfod distributes system information to other sinfods on your local
network.
These Information include the system load, memory utilization and the
‘TOP-5’ processes on every machine.
It’s main advantage is, that these informations are broadcasted using
the udp(7) protocol.
If each node broadcasts it’s information in a cooperative manner, the
network load is O(N), where N is the number of nodes in your network.
Other systems to monitor your cluster load (e.g. rup(1) ) are using a
polling scheme where every node has to ask every other node for the
system information: In that case the network load is O(N**2).
The task of sinfod is to broadcast the relevant information for the
local node and to collect broadcasts from other nodes. Other programs
( sinfo(1) ) can get access to this information via a simple tcp(7)
connection that normally is routed through the local loopback
interface.
OPTIONS
-F/--foreground
Unlike normal operation, sinfod will not detach from the
terminal when given this option. Some debugging informations
will be visible.
-q/--quiet
Start quietly - for init scripts.
-V/--version
Print the version number and exit.
-b #.#.#.#/--bcastaddress=#.#.#.#
Set the broadcast address of the sinfod. Default is
255.255.255.255. In you want to run sinfod without a network
card "-b 127.0.0.1" may be necessary.
-m marker/--marker=marker
Set mark the machine with a name. e.g. laboratory, pool or
cluster.
-n card/--networkcard=card
Set the name of the network card whose informations will be
broadcasted. (e.g. eth0). Default is the network card that saw
the most traffic at the start of sinfod.
-N nicevalue/--nice=nicevalue
Set the priority of this demon to nicevalue. Default is 15.
-s/--spymode
Deactivate the TCP interface and the collection of received
packets. The demon starts in a broadcast-only mode.
-W/--watchdog
Start with simple watchdog.
AUTHOR
Juergen Rinas <jrinas@gmx.de>
SEE ALSO
sinfo(1),sshallsinfo(1),