Case Study: McGill University simplifies monitoring 6,000+ hosts with Icinga

McGill University - Customer Case Study

McGill University, a large educational institution, required a flexible monitoring solution for its extensive and diverse network infrastructure. They had initially used Nagios but were dissatisfied with its lack of updates and new features, leading them to seek a new vendor and product, Icinga.

Icinga provided the solution by enabling the creation of custom templates to monitor all their equipment types. The university also integrated Icinga with their existing network database using custom scripts to automatically populate its configuration. As a result, Icinga now monitors over 6,000 hosts and 16,000 services from a single instance, providing comprehensive visibility and reliable performance for the university's network operations.

McGill University