I can't recommend Spiceworks enough, if it fits your needs. PROs: ------- It's Free! Mostly effective hardware/softwre inventory. Basic server monitoring. Includes a customer portal/ticketing system. Very easy to use, practically "Set it and forget it."
CONs: ------- It's Adtastic! The Server only runs on Windows. More advanced monitoring is difficult or not possible. The server is a bit of a resource hog. It doesn't scale to larger networks all that well. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay Kulsh [mailto:jayku...@csi.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:48:34 -0800 Subject: SpiceWorks -- Too good to be true? > A few months ago, there was a discussion here about best monitoring tool. > Longitude, from Heroix and Op5 were recommended, among others. > > However SpiceWorks seems to provide monitoring of all sorts for free. There > must be some catch. I would appreciate if some of you can share your > experience with SpiceWorks -- both good and bad. Thanks. > > (Last mention of SpiceWorks in this list was, I think, 20 months ago.) > > Jay Kulsh > So. Pasadena, CA > ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
