From 52965464c82d2ff669292b49907ba8f3772bff84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marostegui Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 07:55:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2007-04-04 Manuel Arostegui * en/pandora_introduction.xml, pandora_chapter1.xml: Text corrections. git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/pandora/code/trunk@413 c3f86ba8-e40f-0410-aaad-9ba5e7f4b01f --- pandora_doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ pandora_doc/en/pandora_chapter1.xml | 6 +++--- pandora_doc/en/pandora_introduction.xml | 26 ++++++++++++------------- 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/pandora_doc/ChangeLog b/pandora_doc/ChangeLog index e970e8dc1e..ab09c8bb52 100644 --- a/pandora_doc/ChangeLog +++ b/pandora_doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-04-04 Manuel Arostegui + + * en/pandora_introduction.xml, pandora_chapter1.xml: Text corrections. + 2007-04-04 Manuel Arostegui * en/pandora_quick_install.xml: Added to reposistory. XML file for diff --git a/pandora_doc/en/pandora_chapter1.xml b/pandora_doc/en/pandora_chapter1.xml index 0eb4365034..2411e0b8f3 100644 --- a/pandora_doc/en/pandora_chapter1.xml +++ b/pandora_doc/en/pandora_chapter1.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ architecture. - Pandora can be implemented over any operating system, with specific + Pandora can be implemented on top of any operating system, with specific agents for each platform. Pandora can also monitor any TCP/IP hardware system, as load balancers, routers, switches, printers and so on. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ - Web Console: Pandora's user interface. The user controls and operates the system with it. Several Web consoles can be implemented in a single system. - The Web console is written in PHP, and it must be over a database and a + The Web console is written in PHP, and it lies on top of a database and a Web server. It is compatible with any platforms - GNU/Linux, Solaris, Win2000, AIX, etc. Although, the official supported platform is GNU/Linux. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The console permits the user to control the status of the agents, view statistical information, generate graphs and data - tables, keep a system incident control, moreover, it will be able + tables, keep a system incident control. Moreover, it will be able to generate reports and change the alerts, agents, and user profile settings. diff --git a/pandora_doc/en/pandora_introduction.xml b/pandora_doc/en/pandora_introduction.xml index a32dff2b27..8818a930f0 100644 --- a/pandora_doc/en/pandora_introduction.xml +++ b/pandora_doc/en/pandora_introduction.xml @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ such as firewalls, proxies, databases, Web servers, tunnelling servers, routers, switches, processes, services, remote access servers, etc. - all integrated into an open and distributed - architecture. Pandora can be implemented over any operating + architecture. Pandora can be implemented on top of any operating system, with specific agents for each platform. Pandora can also monitor any TCP/IP hardware system, as load balancers, routers, switches, printers, etc. @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Web Console: Pandora's user interface. The user controls and operates the system with it. Several Web consoles can be implemented in a single - system. The Web console is written in PHP, and it is over a - database and a Web server. It is compatible with any + system. The Web console is written in PHP, and it lies on top + of a database and a Web server. It is compatible with any platform - GNU/Linux, Solaris, Win2000, AIX, etc.T official supported platform is GNU/Linux, though @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ The Network Servers monitorize remote systems using network resources like ICMP, TCP, UDP or SNMP - Queries. Network Servers are acting itself like "Network + Queries. Network Servers are acting themselves as "Network Agents". This server fires the alerts and the events for this modules. @@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ sytems. - This database can work with any of the platform officially + This database can work with any of the platforms officially supported by MySQL. Pandora can be implemented with MySQL - versions from 3.0 to 5.0, although the latest is recommended. + versions from 3.0 to 5.0, although the latest one is recommended. @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Pandora Agents: They collect all the system's data. They are executed in each local system, although they can also collect remote information by - intalling monitoring sytems for the agent in several + installing monitoring sytems for the agent in several different machines - called satellite agents. @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ ShellScripting for Unix - which includes GNU/Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and BSD, as well as the Nokia's IPSO. Pandora agents can be developed in virtually any language, given its - simple API and being open source. Windows agent are + simple API and being open source. Windows agents are developed in a free development environment for C++ and uses the same interface and modularity than Unix agents. @@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ Pandora agents are based on native languages in every platform: scripts that can be written in any language. It's possible to - reproduce any agent in any programming language and can be - extended without difficulty the existing ones in order to cover - aspects not taken into account up to the moment. + reproduce any agent in any programming language and the existing ones + can be extended without difficulty in order to cover aspects + not taken into account up to the moment. - These scripts are formed by modules that each one gathers a + These scripts are formed by modules each one gathering a "chunk" of information. Thus, every agent gathers several "chunks" of information; this one is organized in a data set and stored in a single file, called data file. @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ that parameter in order to do not fill the database with non-relevant information, either load the network or affect the system performance. The default interval is 300 (seconds), which is - equivalent to five minutes. Minor values of 100 (seconds) are not + equivalent to five minutes. Values under 100 (seconds) are not recommended since host performance could be affected, besides loading excessively Database and the Operating System of Pandora Server. Pandora is not a real time system; it's an applications