Zenoss Core is an open-source network monitoring and server monitoring product. Currently the most popular IT Management project on SourceForge.Net, Zenoss Core source code is available for free downloads.
The active Zenoss community forums have over 50,000 registered members that help each other with Zenoss Core installation, configuration, and trouble shooting. The community also shares ideas with each other on IT management best practices and enhance the overall solution with community-contributed management extensions.
Zenoss Core features include:
* Network, Server, and Application monitoring with a single product
* Ability to monitor any SNMP enabled device
* Real-time alerting when outages or slowdowns occur
* Single Event Console containing Zenoss alerts, SNMP traps, and log Events
The solution has an open architecture with APIs for integrating with third party products (whether bringing data into Zenoss or exporting Zenoss data to other products).
Other highlights include:
* Fully customizable source code
* Management and Report templates
* Network protocol monitoring (such as FTP)
* Standardized Management Extensions framework