Thanks. I'll try that. They're pretty much ruled out for home use, though, as those particular restrictions would cripple my attempts to monitor my servers effectively.
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Kim Longenbaugh <k...@colonialsavings.com>wrote: > If you call them, they are pretty flexible about the demo limits. > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:51 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OpenSource Network/Systems Monitoring > > > > It looks cool, but I hate how neutered the free edition is. Sigh. > > > > The 25 device limit is actually good (because most do 10), but the 2 > transactions per managed device limit totally undermines that. > > > > http://www.heroix.com/aspscript/Longitude_package_features.asp > > > > Also, the demo download for the professional version limits you to 10 > devices managed. Huh? > > > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > * * > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Kim Longenbaugh < > k...@colonialsavings.com> wrote: > > Please take a look at Longitude, by Heroix. > http://www.heroix.com/agentless/network_monitoring_software.htm > > > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:46 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OpenSource Network/Systems Monitoring > > > > The Zenoss config has not been suitably reliable, and the networking team > in particular has found OpenNMS to be more intuitive from a network device > monitoring standpoint. > > > > I haven't ruled it out 100%, but we'd have to see rejection of Zabbix, > Hyperic and OpenNMS first. > > > > Not sure which Zenoss version -- will check today. > > > *ASB* > * * > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> > wrote: > > What version of Zenoss? The free one? > > > > We are implementing the commercial version, altho I’m not a big fan… we’ve > had some pain with it. > > > > I don’t want to derail your thread, but as an aside I’d be interested in > knowing why you are moving away from Zenoss. > > > > -sc > > > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:24 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 > 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 > ~ 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