Perl may not be the most enjoyable language around, but it's not like he has to actually learn it to effectively use MRTG.
MRTG is already built and just needs to be pointed at his assets. No need to pull in another language that might not be known or heavily used to reinvent a working wheel... *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…* On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Joseph L. Casale <jcas...@activenetwerx.com > wrote: > > ASB, > > You have sent me information on setting up MRTG and Perl to get stats > from my switches in the past. > > Can you send me some again? > > David, > Are you looking to setup something and forget about it? If not, I can't > stress my own opinion harder > than to say Perl is a dead, very ugly language. I'd do something with > Python personally but then again > if you plan to do something at any scale with more than just switches you > might look at an NMS solution. > > I use Icinga at a few joints. There, I did my due diligence in attempting > to thwart the proliferation of Perl > in lieu of uncountable better languages that would serve your admin duties > way better:) > > Good luck, > jlc > > >
