Thanks Kurt.

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Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 4:59 PM
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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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>





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