I know a lot of you use Nagios for your oss monitoring needs, but I'd love to hear from people who have tested multiple products:
I'm looking to upgrade the monitoring at %WORK% from a combination of Old SiteScope and some Zenoss, to one of the following: - *OpenNMS *-- http://www.opennms.org/ - *Zabbix *-- http://www.zabbix.com/ <http://www.zabbix.com/download.php> - *Hyperic *-- http://www.hyperic.com/products/open-source-systems-monitoring I don't want separate consoles for Servers and Network devices, as we do today. And I'm not so concerned about commercial support, although it would be a plus to deploy an option that has both community support and commercial support options. I've used Nagios in the past, but I prefer to deploy and manage something that is less finicky to initially configure -- especially since I won't be managing it directly. I don't care what platform it runs on. I'll likely run it in a VM, unless performance is horrid. Here are some relevant stats: - ~250 Windows and Linux servers (85% / 15%) - -- 20% of the environment is virtualized (ESX/ESXi) - -- Windows = 2003 & 2008 - -- Linux = Ubuntu - ~50 Network Devices (90% Cisco) - Currently, devices to be monitored are in 4 locations, including the NOC, with 2 more to come online by year's end - Monitoring server can run on Linux or Windows -- no preference - Need agents (if supported) for Windows, Linux, and one Mac Oh, and on a side note, I'm likely going to run whatever I pick for %WORK% on my home network as well. Thoughts, comments, etc? *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * ~ 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
