[c-nsp] Network Software - Management/Performance

[Joseph Jackson]

Nagios isn't a fast setup.  While the files are easy to get grasp theres
A LOT fo them you have to configure for it to do anything. I'd say look
at spending 2 full weeks getting a large Nagios build going.

Joseph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:44 AM
> To: 'Roland Dobbins'; 'Cisco-NSP Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Network Software - Management/Performance
> 
> Thanks Roland.. we have a commerical Netflow system already 
> (Adventnet)
> which works "ok" (really slow at times)... it's the 
> monitoring part that's
> really of interest and we keep coming back to Nagios to be 
> honest... just
> looking around for options at this point. It's a lot of work 
> to bring a few
> hundred devices onboard a new system to find out we don't like it...;)
> 
> Paul
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Roland Dobbins
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:35 PM
> To: Cisco-NSP Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Network Software - Management/Performance
> 
> 
> On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:26 AM, Paul Stewart wrote:
> 
> > I'm hoping for some input from the list... open to any ideas 
> > commercial or open source...
> 
> It sounds to me as if Nagios combined with nfdump/nfsen might be worth
> investigating - they're both open source, but aren't horribly 
> complex to get
> up and running, IMHO.
> 
> For a commercial solution, AFAIK, most of the NMS-type things 
> are pretty
> pricey, as are the NetFlow systems.  But you do get what you 
> pay for with
> the commercial NetFlow solutions (including anomaly- 
> detection, which is
> very useful for getting alerted to inbound/ outbound DDoS, 
> SMTP upsurges
> which may indicate spam-zombies and/or email-borne virus 
> activity, etc.).
> SP-oriented players in the NetFlow-based AD space are Arbor, 
> Narus, and Q1
> Labs.
> 
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