On 6/11/07, Thomas Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All > > I have been running MRTG for a few months now, and it is working great. > However, it would be nice with the possibility to customize more. > > I have started looking at installing a front-end solution and using RRD > logging. > >From what I have seen so far there are a few different solutions out > there: > > - 14all.cgi > - routers2.cgi (I have seen various mailing list threads etc regarding this > and Steve is pretty active on this mailing list providing very good > information) > - mrtg-rrd > - Cacti (I haven't seen a lot of questions on this mailing list about this, > but they have a forum where there is a bit of activity) > - And maybe there are more solutions as well? > > Does anyone have experience from using more than one of these and if you > can give your recommendation (pros & cons) based on your experience it would > be very valuable. > > Thanks. >
I've tried them all. Here's my breakdown: 14all: Works. Makes MRTG with RRDTool look mostly like original MRTG without RRDtool. Customization is a pain if you don't know perl. mrtg-rrd: never got it to work right. Gave up.(This was a long time ago) Routers2: Excellent documentation, lots of options, great support (THANKS STEVE) and very customizable. I have been using Routers2 now for a few of years. Cacti: Very nice system, though not an MRTG front-end but a replacement that includes RRDTool integration. More point-and-click if that's your style. I prefer command line and config files so I can more easily automate tasks. But if you're not a scripter then Cacti is hard to beat. Lots of options and a very nice layout. HTH, Eric Brander _______________________________________________ mrtg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/mrtg
