[olug] Fwd: Network/Systems monitoring solution

[Tony Reinke]

Jason Troy wrote:
> Tony - what are your thoughts on this?
>
> - Jason of Troy
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Travis Owens*
> Date: Oct 30, 2007 8:29 AM
> Subject: [olug] Network/Systems monitoring solution
> To: Omaha LUG <olug at olug.org <mailto:olug at olug.org>>
>
> Hello all...
>
> I sifted through a thread on another list last week and found a few
> applications for Network and Systems monitoring. Just thought I'd post a
> question to you all and see what'd I'd get back...
>
> What are the best features (yes, I know that's a subjective term) you've
> seen in your application of choice?
> ( nagios, ganglia, big brother, opennms, hyperic, zabbix, etc...)
>
> As a follow-up to that question, what would you say you'd really like 
> added
> to a Network/Systems monitoring/reporting/alerting/incident-tracking 
> system?
>
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Travis Owens
>
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Jason / Travis,

    Nagios is very powerful and can give you great results.  It take a 
little more time to setup and get configured.  OpManager from 
adventnet.com is easy to setup and is free for the first 20 devices.  If 
it is someone who is good at and likes command line and config files, I 
would go with Nagios.  If it is someone wanting to get something up 
fast, go with the OpManager.  Adventnet also has other packages to do a 
full IT shop (see below).  I wish I got a kickback from them.  This is 
what we have been using now at work.  We were using Nagios, but the main 
person controlling it left and no one picked it up and the new network 
admin wanted something easier to use (this person is a windows fan).  I 
personally like Nagios from what little experience I have had of it.  I 
like to get in to tweak things.  But Adventnet's products merge together 
well and are easy to setup.  The downside to it is the costs.  There is 
no maintenance cost (at last check).  You buy the program every year.  
Nagios is free!

That is my 2 cents...

*Network *
* Network Monitoring
* WAN Traffic Analysis
* Firewall Analyzer
* VOIP Management
* Change & Config Management
       
*Data center *
* Server Monitoring
* Application Monitoring
* EventLog Monitoring
* Password Management
* Security Management
       
*Desktop / LAN *
* IT Service Desk
* Desktop Management
* IT Asset Management
* Active Directory Reports
* WLAN Monitoring

Tony