Sorry - you were probably referring to BMC, not Solarwinds. BMC, last time I looked, was indeed stupid expensive.
> On Dec 12, 2016, at 8:03 PM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not for a large 'enterprise,' and the required horsepower really isn't *that* > bad for NPM/NCM/NFA. > >> On Dec 12, 2016, at 7:49 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Stupid $ :( >> >>> On Dec 12, 2016 6:24 PM, "Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Very cool! >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 12, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sounds similar to our pending NMS... >>>> >>>> BMC TrueSight spread across around 8,000 VMs + netapps + infra. >>>> >>>>> On Dec 12, 2016 6:14 PM, "Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> It really depends …. so in our case, it’s running a dedicated web >>>>> interface and a pair of pollers. The SQL backend is clustered serving >>>>> other systems besides just Solarwinds - it’s a *large* cluster running MS >>>>> SQL Enterprise and NetApp SAN…. it was already existing for other >>>>> internal systems we utilize…. >>>>> >>>>> Previous job, with Solarwinds, we ran 3 dedicated polling engines, a >>>>> dedicated web front end, and a dedicated server with SQL Standard on the >>>>> backend >>>>> >>>>> The variables are polling frequency (we are 5 minutes), number of >>>>> nodes/interfaces/volumes etc…. and to some degree number of users hitting >>>>> the web interface. Also, reports can put a load on the system depending >>>>> on their complexity and how often they run. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 12, 2016, at 7:02 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> How big of a windows server farm does it take to scale that thing >>>>>> horizontally? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 12, 2016 5:49 PM, "Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> Rancid at moment - moving to Solarwinds NCM which does pretty much the >>>>>>> same but with a whole bunch of reporting and compliance options, plus >>>>>>> integration with existing network monitoring >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Dec 12, 2016, at 3:57 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> reviving an old thread >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I put our beta on the network, within 5 minutes of downloading, every >>>>>>>> device we want backups for is backed up, we arent a big shop so its >>>>>>>> less than 50. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Even our Fortigates >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I really like this >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> alot >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And I hate everything >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:58 AM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> Rancid for Cisco and juniper and foundry. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ubnt ptp radios get their config manually backed up before deployment >>>>>>>>> and after each firmware upgrade. Configs saved on a file server and >>>>>>>>> on mediawiki instance. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Same with other ptp links. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On May 27, 2016 4:13 PM, "SmarterBroadband" >>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Interested to hear what people use for automatic backups of their >>>>>>>>>> network equipment configs. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Mikrotik, Cisco, Zyxel, Ubiquity, Netonix etc… >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> We currently use Rancid. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> What do you use? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>
