Joseph, here's what the folks who run with WebTrends here had to say: --------- Not sure about 2008R2. It requires 4 Gb RAM and 300 Gb (around there) to install. It works better on a multi-processor box and I think we had better experience when we had it on real hardware instead of a VM.
For basic, standard reports, it seems to work pretty well. It has pretty strict licensing rules where every line in a log file counts against its page limit. I think the regular license comes with 20 million hits per year. But, if you decide to re-index several years of log files (for example, if you want to exclude bots), then all the hits from prior years are counted again! I think my main complaint has to do with the non-ability to quickly run a subset report. For example, if you want to run a report on the subset of the site, you have to re-index the log files for that subset which can take several days. Maybe this is our misunderstanding, but I don't think so... -------- -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 7:10 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Webtrends > > Thanks. Also trying to verify if it runs on Server 2k8 R2. Their site says yes to > 2k8 x64, but doesn't mention R2, which as we all know, is a much different > beast. > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> 4/20/2010 3:56 PM >>> > I'll see if I can talk to the folks running it at our place to get some opinions... > > -sc > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:37 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Webtrends > > Anyone out there using Webtrends Analytics? Trying to gather some > information about the product, such as hardware requirements, etc, and the > site is confusing. Also, would like to hear real-world experiences with the > product, and if you're not using Webtrends, but you do analytics, I'd > appreciate other options. > > Our basic requirements: > > Product needs to be database driven: data retention, log retention in a > database structure. > > Web trending > > client statistics > > File types requested, etc. > > > TIA, > > > Joe Heaton > > > ~ 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
