Yeah, spiceworks has brought the data collection system to its knees every time I've tried it.
Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org<mailto:cmc...@bths201.org> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Andrew @ ATM Logic Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 11:25 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Spiceworks - Manage Multiple Networks from a Single Console I am fine with a server onsite on each network (however I wonder about the sites that only have say 3 pc's) but what I am looking for is for each of those servers to report back to my own 'central server' for data collection. e.g. So I can look and see that 3 sites need toner, and for whatever reason a half dozen XP PC's still don't have SP3, and the accounting computer is about to run out of drive space on yet another site. Reading on the SW site it looks like this is perfectly possible, perhaps even 'fun' however I am guessing I will have to do some more reading, and perhaps even have a dedicated PC on my end to collect data. SW seems to really tax the CPU on the system I am testing it on now. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Ekhoff, Andrew Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:15 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Spiceworks - Manage Multiple Networks from a Single Console I currently have 3 networks, not connected, 2 of which have spiceworks managing them. Without some type of connection between the networks you would have a separate spiceworks server for each site. Even with multiple sites connected, it is still recommended having a data collection server at each site. One nice thing with SW is that there are no client agents. All data is gathered WMI and SNMP. Andy Andrew Ekhoff Technology Coordinator St. Anne Public Schools aekh...@sags.k12.il.us<mailto:aekh...@sags.k12.il.us> SAGS: (815) 427-8153 SACHS: (815) 427-8141 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Andrew @ ATM Logic Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:53 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: [tech-geeks] Spiceworks - Manage Multiple Networks from a Single Console Is anyone on this list doing this with networks that have NO connection to each other at all. I have a dozen or so networks I would love to have even basic info on (Patch Level, Disk Space, AV Status, PC on or Off, etc) And view/sort the list in a single console. I see SW can do this, however I am guessing I have to install an agent and discover every network... (pain) then it can somehow talk back to my own network with the details... Anyhow, anyone played with it and have some words? Or does anyone know of something else Free that will do the same even simpler.
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