Open Source Software Kurt
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 1:48 PM, John Matteson <[email protected]> wrote: > Forgive the silly question but what does OSS stand for (other than Office of > Special Services)? > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> For your use case, either NetDisco or NeDi might work. I've installed >> the former a looooonnnnggg time ago, but it worked well in the 1.x >> days, and now with 2.x it supposedly integrates with Rancid and >> Network WeatherMap, etc. >> >> Work currently has a phobia about OSS, however, so I haven't done >> anything with it lately. >> >> I've also taken a look at LibreNMS, and it looks interesting, but >> can't say much about it one way or the other without experience. >> >> None of these, however, seem to do all that NetBrains does, which is >> why I find it so intriguing. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:17 PM, James M. Pulver <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Well, it seems to be Windows only, which is quite a limitation. Ideally >> > (for >> > me) it would be web based and run on a linux server. I do wish it was >> > less >> > "flash" in the demo and more ideas about price and actual functionality. >> > Yes, I saw it works with CISCO IOS devices. That's great. We don't run >> > CISCO. We have IBM System Networking / Blade switches and HPe Procurve, >> > some >> > with only web management. I doubt this can log in to that. Plus we have >> > interconnects we don't have direct access to - how does it handle that? >> > >> > I'm not interested in trialing something that's "almost working" and >> > costs a >> > lot of money - there's plenty of FLOSS thats "almost working" so the >> > time I >> > put in is it, not also a large capital outlay. >> > >> > And like you, I just skip the companies who don't even give me an idea >> > of >> > the pricing structure. I mean, are we talking 10K for 100 switches and >> > 20% >> > maintenance? 10K/year? 100K? These are very different propositions for >> > purchasing software. And what is support like? Do they include so many >> > new >> > hardware integrations? >> > >> > Too little info for me to wast time on. >> > >> > James Pulver >> > CLASSE Computer Group >> > Cornell University >> > >> > On 03/28/2017 02:55 PM, Don Ely wrote: >> >> >> >> It is cool and it IS expensive >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:37 AM Kurt Buff <[email protected] >> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> https://www.netbraintech.com/ >> >> >> >> I just interviewed someone who mentioned using it, so I looked it >> >> up. >> >> >> >> The general rule of thumb I've used is that if the web site has a >> >> button to request a quote rather than listing prices, it's probably >> >> really expensive - and probably beyond the reach of my current >> >> firm. >> >> >> >> They have a bunch of youtube videos, which reinforces my impression >> >> that it's expensive, but it looks pretty cool, and I wondered if >> >> it's >> >> worth investigating. >> >> >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >
