Kurt is good for something every now and then... What that is... TBD Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Steward <jstew...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:39:33 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>Subject: Re: OpenSource Network/Systems Monitoring That is a sweet overview, nice find. -Jeff On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here are a few compared: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems > > This one isn't included, it seems > http://jffnms.sourceforge.net/ > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 06:24, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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/ > > 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) > > 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 ~ 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
