Screenshots
The main configuration window
In the main window of SSC Serv's configuration you can set the hostname which this instance should use and the server to which to send the collected data. In the server field you may specify an IP-address, a hostname of a multicast address. Of course both, IPv4 and IPv6, are supported by SSC Serv, but only Windows® XP and later have IPv6-support out of the box.Also in this dialog is the slider to set the interval, in which data is collected. Changing this interval after some data has been collected usually is a bad idea or means a lot of work, so be careful what you do.
Network configuration
The network configuration window is a new feature in SSC Serv 2.0. It allows to configure multiple destination addresses easily using the “Add …”, “Edit …” and “Remove” buttons. All the features of version 1.2 are – of course – still present, including IPv4 and IPv6 support as well as transparent support for unicast and multicast.
Ignorelist functionality
You are probably know “ignorelists” from collectd. Starting with SSC Serv 2.0, the same functionality is present in the Df, Disk and Interface (pictured) plugins on Windows®. Just select the appropriate items and select whether to only collect the selected items and ignore everything else (“Collect”), or ignore the selected items and collect everything else (“Ignore”).
Control Panel integration
SSC Serv's configuration applet is fully integrated into the Control Panel. No annoying shortcut is bloating your start menu or filling up your desktop. Yet, you don't have to dig through the filesystem to find that hidden setup utility. It's exactly where it's supposed to be.