Forgive the silly question but what does OSS stand for (other than Office of Special Services)?
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > For your use case, either NetDisco or NeDi might work. I've installed > the former a looooonnnnggg time ago, but it worked well in the 1.x > days, and now with 2.x it supposedly integrates with Rancid and > Network WeatherMap, etc. > > Work currently has a phobia about OSS, however, so I haven't done > anything with it lately. > > I've also taken a look at LibreNMS, and it looks interesting, but > can't say much about it one way or the other without experience. > > None of these, however, seem to do all that NetBrains does, which is > why I find it so intriguing. > > Kurt > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:17 PM, James M. Pulver <jmp...@cornell.edu> > wrote: > > Well, it seems to be Windows only, which is quite a limitation. Ideally > (for > > me) it would be web based and run on a linux server. I do wish it was > less > > "flash" in the demo and more ideas about price and actual functionality. > > Yes, I saw it works with CISCO IOS devices. That's great. We don't run > > CISCO. We have IBM System Networking / Blade switches and HPe Procurve, > some > > with only web management. I doubt this can log in to that. Plus we have > > interconnects we don't have direct access to - how does it handle that? > > > > I'm not interested in trialing something that's "almost working" and > costs a > > lot of money - there's plenty of FLOSS thats "almost working" so the > time I > > put in is it, not also a large capital outlay. > > > > And like you, I just skip the companies who don't even give me an idea of > > the pricing structure. I mean, are we talking 10K for 100 switches and > 20% > > maintenance? 10K/year? 100K? These are very different propositions for > > purchasing software. And what is support like? Do they include so many > new > > hardware integrations? > > > > Too little info for me to wast time on. > > > > James Pulver > > CLASSE Computer Group > > Cornell University > > > > On 03/28/2017 02:55 PM, Don Ely wrote: > >> > >> It is cool and it IS expensive > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:37 AM Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> https://www.netbraintech.com/ > >> > >> I just interviewed someone who mentioned using it, so I looked it > up. > >> > >> The general rule of thumb I've used is that if the web site has a > >> button to request a quote rather than listing prices, it's probably > >> really expensive - and probably beyond the reach of my current firm. > >> > >> They have a bunch of youtube videos, which reinforces my impression > >> that it's expensive, but it looks pretty cool, and I wondered if > it's > >> worth investigating. > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> > > > > > > >
