Kick Start
Need to get a head start on your project? Our implementation engineers will install Nagios and work with your team to set up the foundation needed for a successful Nagios implementation.
Nagios
Nagios monitoring built for real-world environments
From architecture to full deployment and ongoing management, MCS helps you get the most out of Nagios.
How MCS supports Nagios environments
Implementation
We will work with your team to implement monitoring of devices on your Nagios server. Our team can fully perform the implementation or embed with your team. Our level of involvement is completely customized to your organization's needs.
Managed
Our team will completely implement and maintain your monitoring solution. We provide your IT team with access and alerts, but all ongoing monitoring maintenance tasks are taken care of by the Nagios experts at MCS.
Why work with the experienced MCS Nagios Team?
Save Money with a Nagios Consultant
If you want to look at the big picture and save valuable money, consider getting in touch with a professional who knows what they are doing.
Ensure Precision
Your organization needs to ensure it is following the best practices when setting up network monitoring to make software maintenance as efficient as possible.
Get Quality Training & Management
A professional Nagios consultant will provide training to your staff, ensuring they are well-equipped to deal with issues.
Get Up & Running Without Wasting Time & Energy
Setting up Nagios XI can be a fairly complicated task, and hiring a Nagios consultant is always a good idea to ensure it is done right.
Are you facing these monitoring challenges?
Too many alerts, not enough signal
Alerting becomes noisy, with too many false positives and not enough clarity on what actually matters.
Gaps in coverage
Critical systems, dependencies, or edge cases are not monitored, leaving blind spots in the environment.
Monitoring without context
Alerts exist, but they lack the context needed to understand impact or take action quickly.
Configuration drift over time
As systems change, monitoring becomes outdated, inaccurate, or misaligned with how the environment actually operates.
Past Consulting Projects
We've helped companies of all sizes
Manufacturing
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing
- Core → XI migration
- Consolidated multiple systems
- 9,000+ services monitored
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MCS worked with Hyundai engineers to migrate Nagios Core systems. Multiple Core systems were migrated into a single XI instance. Custom plugins were created and customized. The final service count was over 9,000.
Foods Distribution and Retail
GFS (Gordon Food Service)
- Replaced legacy monitoring platform
- Cross-platform monitoring (Linux, HP UX, AIX)
- Converted custom scripts to Nagios
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Nagios XI was implemented from the ground up to replace an aging in-house monitoring solution. MCS worked closely with GFS IT to implement sample checks by converting in-house scripts to work with the client software. Included SUSE Enterprise Linux, HP UX, and AIX systems.
Technology
IBM
- Global XI deployment
- 3,000+ nodes monitored
- Custom monitoring checks implemented
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MCS worked with a division of IBM to implement XI across several data centers across the globe. This project monitored over 3,000 nodes including many custom checks. After completion, MCS trained an IBM internal IT team and successfully handed off day-to-day maintenance.
Financial
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
- Unified monitoring with Fusion
- Advanced custom service checks
- Replaced HP OpenView & SiteScope
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Nagios XI instances were installed and brought together under a single view using Fusion. Custom service checks included log-file monitoring with Windows and Linux, SNMP/MIB from various devices, URL monitoring, and Oracle health monitoring. The project displaced older and more expensive tools including HP OpenView, HP SiteScope, and Network Node Manager.
Retail Home Improvement
Lowe's
- Large-scale monitoring migration
- High-security checks via SSH tunnels
- Custom Selenium-based monitoring plugin
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MCS assisted with a large migration away from an older monitoring system with high licensing fees. Work included planning and architecture, installing Nagios XI servers with Fusion, evaluating XI performance during high utilization, implementing high-security service checks through SSH tunnels, developing a custom Selenium-based synthetic transaction plugin, and creating a customizable Fusion dashlet for viewing hostgroups across multiple XI servers.
Public Education
Plainfield School District
- Core → XI migration
- 1,000+ hosts monitored
- Custom checks migrated and optimized
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Nagios XI was implemented as a conversion from the Core product. Custom checks were moved over from the Core system. The environment includes over 1,000 hosts with multiple services per host.
Automotive Dealer Group
Green Family Automotive
- Fully managed monitoring solution
- Multi-location dealership visibility
- Proactive issue detection
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MCS provides a fully managed solution hosted with MCS. The team uses XI to keep track of multiple connected auto dealerships and proactively responds to issues. With XI in place, issues are identified before users notice them.
Manufacturing
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- XI + Log Server deployment
- Centralized log monitoring
- Custom alerting from log data
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Full Nagios XI and Log Server implementation. Log Server collects data from network devices and triggers alerts based on custom criteria. Complete training was included.
Technology
Rimini Street
- Multi-customer XI implementations
- Global deployment support
- Team training and knowledge transfer
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MCS implemented XI on behalf of Rimini Street for several customer environments across the globe. MCS led the project from inception and trained Rimini staff to implement Nagios.
Nagios Solutions for Real Environments
Monitoring, logs, and network visibility working together.
Complete Infrastructure Monitoring
Nagios XI
- Monitor systems, applications, and infrastructure in one place
- Alert on real issues, not noise
- Clear dashboards for system health
- Adapt monitoring as environments grow
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Deep Network Traffic Insights
Network Analyzer
- See real network traffic and bandwidth usage
- Identify bottlenecks and abnormal patterns
- Investigate issues with historical flow data
- Plan capacity with real usage trends
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Powerful Log Management & Analytics
Nagios Log Server
- Centralize logs across all systems
- Search and correlate events quickly
- Detect issues from log patterns
- Improve visibility and audit readiness
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Unified Monitoring Dashboard
Nagios Fusion
- View multiple Nagios environments together
- Manage distributed monitoring from one place
- Standardize monitoring across teams
- Reduce context switching between systems
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Need a custom check or integration?
Start with a practical conversation
Tell us what system you need to monitor, what data is available, and where the gap is today. We can help define the right approach.
- Custom plugin development for systems without an off-the-shelf check.
- Integration help for internal applications, APIs, and specialized devices.
Tell us what you need Nagios to monitor
Share a little context about the system, application, or workflow you need to bring into Nagios.