I are using macos from the beginning 1998, never had issues. I prefere maxosx or linux using a standalone server. Monitoring must be more or less independent so you hope to log the last breath of your infrastructure. I use the system also as a steppingstone to manage the network. Using linux or macosx you get embedded all kind of standerd"cli" tooling like snmp telnet ssh traceroute icmpping tail / greps on logfiles tcpdump.
Delivered to you by RIVM Mobile environment. --Original message--- Sender: Michael Graziano <michael.grazi...@premierheart.com> Sent time: 5 sep. 2012 21:47 To: "InterMapper Discussion" <InterMapper-Talk@list.dartware.com> Subject: Re: [IM-Talk] Preferred OS for an InterMapper server Functionally I believe all the InterMapper releases are identical (with the exception of WMI -- see below). I am probably the last slob running the FreeBSD (5.x, crammed into a VM) version of InterMapper (converting to Linux is on my list), and to Dartware's credit the InterMapper engine there is as functional as on any of the fully supported platforms. Generally I would suggest an OS that you have deployed elsewhere in your environment. If you're a Unix shop the Linux version is probably the way to go simply based on adoption. The only exception I would note is that if you have Windows machines in your environment and want to take advantage of the WMI probes (http://download.dartware.com/docs/UserGuide52/Content/09-Reference/09-02-Probe_Reference/WMIprobes.htm) you need to run InterMapper on a Windows server. If you're in an environment where you would want the WMI probes Windows is probably the logical choice anyway. On Sep 5, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Johan Landin wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > We are planning to replace our old InterMapper server with new hardware. The current server is an Xserve (Late 2006) monitoring 1500 devices and running InterMapper and InterMapper Remote Access under OS X. > > Are there any differences between the InterMapper versions for different operating systems? > > Which operating system should be the preferred one for a new InterMapper server? We are considering either OS X or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for the new machine. > > Best Regards > /Johan Landin, ITS Network > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Johan Landin, PhD Tel: +46 31 772 2840 > IT SERVICE Cell: +46 70 753 5840 > Chalmers University of Technology Email: johan.lan...@chalmers.se > SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden > > ____________________________________________________________________ > List archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ > To unsubscribe: send email to: intermapper-talk-...@list.dartware.com > - signature.asc ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: intermapper-talk-...@list.dartware.com
