Cacti technically, out of the box, won't allow you to see who is hogging up all your bandwidth down to the NIC, but NTOP can.
Ntop is your friend. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: > I would say go with one of the Cacti virtual boxes that are > pre-configured before you spend money. This will net you a few > things. > > A better understanding of your environment with only a few hours time > learning. > If it doesn't quite do what you want, you will have a better idea of > how to state what you are looking for. > A better general understanding of the monitoring technologies available. > > Steven > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Garcia-Moran, > Carlos<[email protected]> wrote: > > I was going to suggest them as well for their Orion product, also look > > at these http://www.netmon.ca/ > > > > If you are not 100% against trying something Open Source take a look at > > "Cacti" it's an MRTG on steroids, We use the CactiEZ Distro with Ntop > > and capture 100% of the traffic from all our switches which in turn > > helps us determine who is hogging the pipe. Setup can be done in 20 > > minutes if you have a free box or even less if you use Vmware > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:55 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Network Monitoring tools > > > > Have you looked at SolarWinds? > > > > http://www.solarwinds.com/products/toolsets/ > > > > > > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE > > Sr. Systems Engineer > > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > > Email: [email protected] > > Phone: 610-807-6459 > > Fax: 610-807-6003 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fancher, William [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:46 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Network Monitoring tools > > > > We have experienced some slowing of our network recently. I am looking > > for a graphical network tool which will graphically show traffic from > > each node (NIC) and the inside and outside ports on the firewall. > > > > Price should be reasonable (under $1000 if possible) but we are not > > looking for a freebee > > > > I would hope for a short learning curve so the value can be demonstrated > > to mgmt quickly > > > > Thanks for your suggestions > > > > William Fancher > > Invention Machine Corporation > > Boston, MA 02199 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information > > that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under > > applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended > > recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, > > distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly > > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the > > message and any attachments. Thank you. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is > > confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. > > This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information > > intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are > not > > an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, > > dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including > > attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > > received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and > delete > > the original message and any attachments from your system. > > _________________________________________________________ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
