OpManager is nice, but doesn't actually offer anything better than Nagios and doesn't have as many features (and I believe ManageEngine's support prices are pretty stiff even compared to Solarwinds.)
Also, at the time we tested management software we found that they only supported APC USPs. I use Powerware UPS and they were not supported. > You can monitor 20 devices from Cisco to Win2003 servers and RHEL with > this program. > OpManager works good. > http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/opmanager/ > > Enjoy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:55 am > Subject: [hlds] Server monitoring on the cheap > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > >> In my real-life job as a systems and network engineer I was given >> a task of finding a product that would monitor both my netwerkin stuff >> so far as ports and stats, as well as Windows server processes, and >> concentrate on things that don't cost an arm and a leg and a co- >> worker'ssalary per year. Well, there went HP Openview. >> >> So I evaluated a dozen or so and found a suprise find that >> I can't recommend, but might be worth checking out. It's not quite >> for a co-location company, and not quite for a Fortune 500 company, >> but for the smaller shops I thought it worth at least mentioning. >> >> I can't recommend it because it's HostMonitor 5 from KS Software. >> http://www.ks-soft.net on your internet dial. I've not found much on >> the company and near as I can tell it's probably one guy coding late >> into the night in his PJ's with a bottle of vodka at his side and >> muttering swear words at Microsoft in Russian. Or maybe that's >> just me. >> >> On the other hand, his HostMonitor product beat the crap out >> of stuff costing twenty times the price, per year, and though it's >> not the prettiest web-page, giving the health of your NOC for under >> $1000 I can live with ugly web pages, log to a SQL server, and make >> my own pretty reports for manglement. >> >> On the netwerkin' side you have to supply the MIB to query. >> That's a pain when you've routers with 20 different interfaces since >> this doesn't automatically identify them as Int FastEthernet0/0 on a >> Cisco 3745. Frankly, I don't care about that so much as this thing >> will query Windows Perfmon stats. Want to know CPU usage? It's >> there. Want to scan event logs? It's there. Want to telnet to >> port 27015 and look for a response? It's there. How about the status >> of a single process that isn't a service? It's there. >> Alerts can be escalated, yadda yadda yadda. Read the fluff on the >> web page above. I don't buy all that stuff either, and I'm still >> playing with it against my own network, but at this sort of price >> I can afford to do at least premliminary scans with it and use the >> more specific tools for other tasks and save on licensing fees. >> The support for external batch files, VB scripts, and such >> are just icing on the cake. >> >> Just thought I'd throw it out there for your consideration. >> I've no connection with the company, never even knew they existed >> prior to a couple of weeks ago, and honestly I think other products >> do it better. But at his prices I don't care if I get a license >> and he has a heart attack tomorrow, I'm saving a wad of cash over >> the flashier products and that makes me look good on mahogany row. >> >> >> - Dan >> >> * Dan Sorenson DoD #1066 A.H.M.C. #35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * >> * Vikings? There ain't no vikings here. Just us honest farmers. * >> * The town was burning, the villagers were dead. They didn't need * >> * those sheep anyway. That's our story and we're sticking to it. * >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
