I like snmp, I hate installing software on servers to do what it can already do natively. That being said, I use Icinga (Nagios fork) now but always wanted to migrate to OpenNMS. As far as I am concerned it's the most enterprisable and robust but has a steep learning curve. jlc
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OpenSource Network/Systems Monitoring 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<mailto: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
