Index

A

• accelerators
  • Alternative PHP cache (APC) / Other alternatives
  • XCache / Other alternatives
  • eAccelerator / Other alternatives
• active items / Active items – a forgotten option
• Alternative PHP cache (APC)
  • URL / Other alternatives
• Apache
  • compression / Compression in Apache
• Apache Bench (AB) tool / Other alternatives

B

• Birt
  • URL / Zabbix reports
• BufferSend parameter / Active items – a forgotten option
• BufferSize parameter / Active items – a forgotten option
• business intelligence (BI) / Zabbix reports

C

• caches and buffers
  • about / Caches and buffers
  • CacheSize (configuration cache) / Caches and buffers
  • HistoryCacheSize (history cache) / Caches and buffers
  • HistoryTextCacheSize (history text cache / Caches and buffers
  • ValueCache (value cache) / Caches and buffers
  • TrendCacheSize (trends cache) / Caches and buffers
• complaints / The usual complaints
• components
  • dividing / Dividing the components
  • for hardware, specifying / Specifying the hardware for each component
• compression
  • in Apache / Compression in Apache
  • in lighttpd / Compression in lighttpd
  • in Nginx / Compression in Nginx
  • testing / Testing compression

D

• dashboards
  • developing / Developing dashboards
• database performance items / Database performance items
• databases
  • comparing / Comparisons between databases
  • references, URL / Comparisons between databases
  • main configuration parameters / The main configuration parameters
• DBforBIX
  • URL / Database performance items
• DBSyncers / DBSyncers – the unknown bottleneck
• default templates / Can default templates be the villains?
• don’ts, Zabbix
  • lack of planning / Starting a Zabbix deployment without planning
  • default templates, using / Use of default templates
  • default database settings, using / Use of default database settings

E

• eAccelerator
  • URL / Other alternatives
• enterprise resource planning (ERP) / The demands in business areas
• environment
  • classifying / Small, medium, or large environments?

F

• firewall settings / The firewall settings

G

• Google Pagespeed module
  • URL / Other alternatives

H

• hardware, for Zabbix proxy
  • about / Hardware for the Zabbix proxy
• HP
  • URL / Changing IO schedulers

I

• I/O scheduler values
  • completely fair queuing (CFQ) / Changing IO schedulers
  • deadline / Changing IO schedulers
  • NOOP / Changing IO schedulers
  • anticipatory / Changing IO schedulers
• IBM
  • URL / Changing IO schedulers
• innodb_buffer_pool_instances parameter / innodb_buffer_pool_instances
• innodb_buffer_pool_size parameter / innodb_buffer_pool_size
• innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit parameter / innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit
• innodb_flush_method parameter / innodb_flush_method
• innodb_io_capacity parameter / innodb_io_capacity
• innodb_log_file_size parameter / innodb_log_file_size
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) / After starting Zabbix – the initial steps
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU) / The Internet of Things wave
• Internet of Things (IoT) / The Internet of Things wave
• item types
  • and performance / Item types and performance issues
  • about / Item types and performance issues
  • Zabbix agent / Item types and performance issues
  • Zabbix agent (active) / Item types and performance issues
  • SNMP (v1, v2c, and v3) / Item types and performance issues
  • SNMP trap / Item types and performance issues
  • Zabbix trapper / Item types and performance issues
  • Zabbix aggregate / Item types and performance issues
  • simple check / Item types and performance issues

J

• Jaspersoft
  • URL / Zabbix reports
• Java Management Extensions (JMX) / After starting Zabbix – the initial steps

K

• kernel
  • adjustment / The necessary adjustments in the Kernel
  • user-level FD limits / User-level FD limits
  • -level FD limits / Kernel-level FD limits, Changing swap behavior, Changing IO schedulers, The network parameters
• kernel-level FD limits
  • about / Kernel-level FD limits, Changing swap behavior
  • vm.dirty_ratio parameter / Changing swap behavior
  • vm.dirty_background_ratio parameter / Changing swap behavior

L

• lighttpd
  • compression / Compression in lighttpd
• Linux distributions
  • Zabbix / Linux distributions and Zabbix
• local storage
  • and shared storage, selecting between / Choosing between shared and local storage

M

• main configuration parameters
  • about / The main configuration parameters, The main configuration parameters
  • innodb_buffer_pool_size / innodb_buffer_pool_size
  • innodb_buffer_pool_instances / innodb_buffer_pool_instances
  • innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit / innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit
  • innodb_flush_method / innodb_flush_method
  • innodb_log_file_size / innodb_log_file_size
  • innodb_io_capacity / innodb_io_capacity
  • tmpdir / tmpdir
  • compression, in Apache / Compression in Apache
  • compression, in lighttpd / Compression in lighttpd
  • compression, in Nginx / Compression in Nginx
• metrics, Zabbix database
  • slow queries / Database performance items
  • threads currently running / Database performance items
  • values / Database performance items

N

• natural growth
  • controlling / The natural growth
• new values per second (nvps) / Challenges in Zabbix
• Nginx
  • compression / Compression in Nginx

O

• Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) / After starting Zabbix – the initial steps
• Oracle
  • URL / Changing IO schedulers

P

• Pentaho
  • URL / Zabbix reports
• PHP accelerator
  • advantages / Other alternatives
• Point of sale (POS) / The demands in business areas
• primer monitoring / Choosing between shared and local storage
• proxy internal items
  • and server / Server and proxy internal items
  • metrics / Server and proxy internal items
  • zabbix_server.conf, parameters / Server and proxy internal items
  • Zabbix GUI parameters / Server and proxy internal items

R

• RedHat
  • URL / Changing IO schedulers

S

• shared storage
  • and local storage, selecting between / Choosing between shared and local storage
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) / After starting Zabbix – the initial steps
• SLA reports / IT services or SLA reports
• small and medium enterprises (SME) / After starting Zabbix – the initial steps
• sponsors, Zabbix
  • identifying / Identifying the sponsors of Zabbix
• storage for performance
  • configuring / Configuring the storage for performance
• SuSe
  • URL / Changing IO schedulers

T

• tables
  • partitioning / Partitioning tables
  • partitioning, URLs / Partitioning tables
• tmpdir parameter / tmpdir
• trigger functions
  • about / Triggers
  • last() function / Triggers
  • nodata() function / Triggers
  • min() function / Triggers
  • max() function / Triggers
  • avg() function / Triggers
• tuning
  • for reading / Tuning for reading or writing
  • for writing / Tuning for reading or writing

W

• web servers
  • differences / Differences between web servers
  • URL / Differences between web servers

X

• XCache
  • URL / Other alternatives

Z

• Zabbix
  • evolution / Starting our journey
  • right tool, selecting / Choosing the right tool
  • error / The first wrong step with Zabbix
  • about / Getting started with Zabbix, Everyone knows about Zabbix
  • best practices / Good practice
  • simplifying / Simplifying Zabbix
  • server / Simplifying Zabbix
  • GUI / Simplifying Zabbix
  • database / Simplifying Zabbix
  • proxy / Simplifying Zabbix, The Zabbix proxy and Zabbix performance
  • challenges / Challenges in Zabbix
  • don’ts / List of don'ts
  • working with / The beginning of the real challenge
  • initial steps / After starting Zabbix – the initial steps
  • beyond infrastructure / Beyond infrastructure
  • improvements / Improvements in Zabbix
  • performance / Talking about performance, The Zabbix proxy and Zabbix performance
  • reference links / Talking about performance
  • and SQL fields / Zabbix data types and SQL fields
  • data types / Zabbix data types and SQL fields
  • manual, URL / Triggers, Server and proxy internal items
  • history tables / History tables
  • trend tables / Trend tables
  • URL / Comparisons between databases
  • complaints / The usual complaints
  • components, virtualizing / Choosing between shared and local storage
  • Linux distributions / Linux distributions and Zabbix
  • components, dividing / Dividing the components
  • hardware for component, specifying / Specifying the hardware for each component
  • VMwareCacheSize parameter / Specifying the hardware for each component
  • CacheSize parameter / Specifying the hardware for each component
  • HistoryCacheSize parameter / Specifying the hardware for each component
  • HistoryTextCacheSize parameter / Specifying the hardware for each component
  • TrendCacheSize parameter / Specifying the hardware for each component
  • ValueCacheSize parameter / Specifying the hardware for each component
  • queue / The Zabbix queue
  • sponsors, identifying / Identifying the sponsors of Zabbix
  • business areas, demands / The demands in business areas
  • dashboards, developing / Developing dashboards
  • reports / Zabbix reports
  • IT services / IT services or SLA reports
  • SLA reports / IT services or SLA reports
  • tree services, URL / IT services or SLA reports
• Zabbix 1.0 / Item types and performance issues
  • license, URL / Item types and performance issues
  • about / Item types and performance issues
• Zabbix API
  • URL / Developing dashboards
  • website references, URL / Developing dashboards
• Zabbix environment
  • prerequisites / What do I need for my environment?
• Zabbix GUI
  • graph / Developing dashboards
  • maps / Developing dashboards
  • screens / Developing dashboards
  • slideshow / Developing dashboards
• Zabbix proxy
  • about / The Zabbix proxy and Zabbix performance, The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • steps / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • ProxyMode parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • Hostname parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • ProxyLocalBuffer parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • ProxyOfflineBuffer parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • HeartbeatFrequency parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • ConfigFrequency parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • DataSenderFequency parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • Server parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • ServerPort parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • ProxyPollers parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • ProxyConfigFrequency parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • ProxyDataFrequency parameter / The first steps with the Zabbix proxy
  • hardware / Hardware for the Zabbix proxy
  • internal keys / Server and proxy internal items
• Zabbix queue
  • about / The Zabbix queue
  • delay / The Zabbix queue
  • LastClock / The Zabbix queue
• Zabbix reports
  • extracting / Zabbix reports
  • availability report / Zabbix reports
  • triggers top 100 / Zabbix reports
  • bar reports / Zabbix reports
• Zabbix Webinars
  • URL / Talking about performance