Those are both way more geared for server / VM ops than network / related. They're not bad though. On Mar 22, 2016 8:08 AM, "Josh Baird" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wouldn't say that. Zenoss/Zabbix aren't exactly old school. > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Observium\LibreNMS and NetXMS are the three platforms I'd consider worth >> using. Most anything else is old school. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Sent: *Friday, March 18, 2016 5:57:16 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Cacti Users poll >> >> Observium you can also script, also direct rancid / smokeping / collectd >> / nfsen integration, alerting via email / SMS / slack / email / custom, can >> do billing based on data totals or 95%, easily separate your links by >> core/transit/peering/customer based on standards ifdesc, etc. >> >> For our fiber network, it does everything we'd want it to do including >> monitoring all our ups, environmental monitoring (it watchdogs), maps the >> network, grabs bgp and ospf tables, etc. >> >> I just point it to a DNS entry of a management interface or let it learn >> hosts via CDP/lldp/EDP/etc and away it goes... No fucking around like with >> mrtg/cacti/nagios. >> On Mar 18, 2016 4:15 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I just don't see the point of Observium (paid) when you can run totally >>> free software that is more full featured and actively developed by large >>> ISPs: >>> >>> >>> OpenNMS - is used as the primary alerting/NMS system for some very large >>> tier 1 and 2 ISPs >>> >>> Cacti - get it set up right with 60 second polling and properly >>> sized/stepped RRDs, and you can use it to chart things with any arbitrary >>> non-NMS datasource via shell scripts. >>> >>> Grafana - pull data from a time series database like OpenTSDB and graph >>> it. >>> >>> >>> I don't rely on one but rather run cacti and opennms for everything. >>> OpenNMS handles the alerts and availability monitoring, cacti graphs layer >>> 1 and 2 parameters (optical DOM and RF variables) and layer 3 IP traffic >>> interfaces. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Adam from Observium? He since has "recanted his views" after being >>>> banned from a forum or two and reddit and then started bleeding >>>> customers. >>>> >>>> Their supported devices page are now full of stuff most WISPs and MSPs >>>> use. >>>> >>>> BTW, observium is awesome and the paid version (like $225 a year) now >>>> supports custom devices/OS's/OIDs. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 1:29 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > bad fire >>>> > >>>> > would the guy from that nms who hated the customers be in charge >>>> > >>>> > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 1:10 PM, SmarterBroadband >>>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> A number of us are cacti users. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Who would be interested in forming a group, where we all pay a small >>>> >> monthly fee to have a “company” build and manage a cacti template >>>> library >>>> >> for us? We would specify our template requirements. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> They would be expected to; >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Create templates as requested. >>>> >> >>>> >> Update templates for new firmware. >>>> >> >>>> >> Keep a library of all templates. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> I don’t know what company yet. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> What do you think? >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Adam >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your >>>> team as >>>> > part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >>>> >>> >>> >> >
