Thanks Kurt. -----Original Message----- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 4:59 PM To: ntsysadm <ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Has anyone here used this product, and can comment on it?
Open Source Software Kurt On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 1:48 PM, John Matteson <john.matte...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >