Beers, once in a while... On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 18:44, Don Ely - sc thinks I am a good man... <[email protected]> wrote: > Kurt is good for something every now and then... What that is... TBD > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > ________________________________ > From: Jeff Steward <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:39:33 -0400 > To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OpenSource Network/Systems Monitoring > That is a sweet overview, nice find. > -Jeff > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Here are a few compared: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems >> >> This one isn't included, it seems >> http://jffnms.sourceforge.net/ >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 06:24, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I know a lot of you use Nagios for your oss monitoring needs, but I'd >> > love >> > to hear from people who have tested multiple products: >> > I'm looking to upgrade the monitoring at %WORK% from a combination of >> > Old >> > SiteScope and some Zenoss, to one of the following: >> > >> > OpenNMS -- http://www.opennms.org/ >> > Zabbix -- http://www.zabbix.com/ >> > Hyperic >> > -- http://www.hyperic.com/products/open-source-systems-monitoring >> > >> > I don't want separate consoles for Servers and Network devices, as we do >> > today. And I'm not so concerned about commercial support, although it >> > would >> > be a plus to deploy an option that has both community support and >> > commercial >> > support options. >> > I've used Nagios in the past, but I prefer to deploy and manage >> > something >> > that is less finicky to initially configure -- especially since I won't >> > be >> > managing it directly. >> > I don't care what platform it runs on. I'll likely run it in a VM, >> > unless >> > performance is horrid. Here are some relevant stats: >> > >> > ~250 Windows and Linux servers (85% / 15%) >> > >> > -- 20% of the environment is virtualized (ESX/ESXi) >> > -- Windows = 2003 & 2008 >> > -- Linux = Ubuntu >> > >> > ~50 Network Devices (90% Cisco) >> > Currently, devices to be monitored are in 4 locations, including the >> > NOC, >> > with 2 more to come online by year's end >> > Monitoring server can run on Linux or Windows -- no preference >> > Need agents (if supported) for Windows, Linux, and one Mac >> > >> > Oh, and on a side note, I'm likely going to run whatever I pick for >> > %WORK% >> > on my home network as well. >> > Thoughts, comments, etc? >> > >> > ASB (My XeeSM Profile) >> > Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... >> > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to [email protected] >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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