Poll for data, use traps for "emergencies" or unusual events that you
don't want to wait around for.
Belt and suspenders I guess. Poll to collect all your data; historical
and otherwise. Use traps for alert situations. Important caveat is that
traps are UDP, and so may get lost when bad things are happening on the
network.
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On 12/29/2014 8:46 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote:
When attempting to collect system wide status and alarm data
real-time, are traps reliable enough or should you just poll
everything on a regular basis?