PNP4Nagios works pretty well. The only thing that I didn't like is that it was 
a steep (very steep) learning curve for that interface vs. Cacti. I didn't 
really want to go through and re-create all of my graph templates again so I 
stuck with Cacti.

NINJA is "ok", but I found it to be a bit irritation when dealing with moving 
from existing configurations to NINJA. If you are starting out a new Nagios 
installation then NINJA is probably ok for your needs. I used NagVis for a 
short period of time. My irritations with it always seem to be the support 
staff. They want some kind of map that is kept up to date with all the network 
gear. That request is just about impossible to do the right way without some 
custom code for a specific network layout.

--
Adam Kennedy
Network Engineer
Omnicity, Inc.

From: Matt Jenkins <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:10:48 -0500
To: WISPA General List <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Nagios vs. The Dude

What about pnp4nagios for graphing and nagvis for map of network?

Have you looked at NINJA for nagios?

On 11/15/2010 09:45 AM, Mark Nash wrote:
We have Nagios for monitoring/alerting on:

- wireless network components : up/down, flapping, signal levels, is ssh 
interface responding?
- routers: up/down, flapping, utilization, is ssh interface responding?
- UPS: up/down, battery capacity, battery status, internal temperature, line 
power status, load capacity, is telnet interface responding?
- PDU (power distribution unit): up/down, is telnet interface responding?
- switches: up/down, is telnet interface responding?
- cluster monitoring (alert if XX number of CPEs of a particular AP goes into 
"Warning", "Critical", or "Down" status)
- linux server: up/down, current load, current users, rootpartition status, 
swap memory usage, total processes, are web & ssh interfaces responding?

Cacti for graphing:

- routers: interface traffic counters, CPU usage, memory usage
- linux servers: disk space, CPU usage, load average, memory usage,
----- Original Message -----
From: Josh Luthman<mailto:[email protected]>
To: WISPA General List<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Nagios vs. The Dude

What are you using it for?  If it's for monitoring servers (disk/cpu usage and 
such) Dude is a joke.  If it's for an easy GUI to position things relative to 
one another, Nagios is going to be difficult.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373


On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Mark Nash 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I'd like to hear from people who have switched from one of these free
products to the other.

I'm considering a switch from Nagios to The Dude myself, but I'd like to
hear pros & cons of either.

What did you switch from/to, and why?

Thanks !

Mark




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