Solar winds pricing is like when your income goes from upper lower class to lower middle class, everything goes from affordable but minimal, to unaffordable but required.
On Dec 12, 2016 7:32 PM, "Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote: Yeah for Solarwinds, it’s not cheap but it’s not stupidly expensive neither … in comparison to the words “BMC” and “Remedy” ;) On Dec 12, 2016, at 8:08 PM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: 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. >>> >>> >>> >> >
