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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Ely Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 5:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Has anyone here used this product, and can comment on it? Sheesh John... What rock have you been hiding under. LOL On Mar 28, 2017 13:58, "John Matteson" <[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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]> >> <mailto:[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 >> >> > >
