Richard E. Brown wrote:
--- Michael Luzadder wrote:
How close are we to getting a single icon to represent multiple probes on
the same device? (like a mail server; one probe for host resources, another
probe for snmp, another for http, etc..)
--- end of quote ---
I'm actually working on a specification for this now.
My current thinking is that a single icon in a map would represent a
"collection" of probes. The collection would test a single IP address. Any of
InterMapper's probes could be added to a collection (including other
collections). These probes would be executed sequentially, once every poll
interval.
My problem with this proposal is that it requires a significant change of code. The existing architecture is one vertex
--> one device --> one probe.
Rich is proposing one vertex --> one device --> multiple probes.
In my opinion, one vertex --> multiple devices is easier to implement because there is no change in polling behavior.
The notion of multiple "subdevices" is easier to shoehorn into the existing schema for IMDatabase than devices with
multiple probes.
In IPv6 land, devices have multiple IP adddresses as a normal state of affairs. If you wanted to test a MAIL server over
both IPv6 and IPv4, you would still need two icons in Rich's proposal. In my proposal, the devices could be grouped
under a single icon even though they have different addresses. In Rich's proposal, you would be required to poll the
mail server, host resources, http server *all* at the same poll interval. In my proposal, you could set different poll
intervals for the different "subdevices" of the one visual icon.
Just my thoughts.
Bill Fisher
Dartware, LLC
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