[c-nsp] Netcordia Net-MRI anyone?

[everett dowd]

We have had this box for over two years and we have found it VERY helpful in
monitoring and making sure that the stability improves in any network. The
system provides you a 1-10 value on the stability of your network and lets
you know everything that is going on including memory issues, buffers
tuning, changed configurations, routing stability, just to mention a few of
the L3 features. On the L2 front, it will discover any mismatched VLANS and
lets you know what needs to be done to correct many of the problems. 

We are going to get the larger system as there is a port/device limit and
Netcordia will upgrade and work with you when you need more power to add to
your network. The support is really good and if you are looking for a
feature, you just need to let them know and if the demand is there, they
will get it into development. The one thing that they have introduced in the
past year is support to monitor VoIP and let you know if there are any
issues. 

I strongly recommend this if you want to make sure that your network is
stable and you actually want something that works well. If you have multiple
people that do work on the infrastructure, this is the one that can track
the changes pretty well and let you know when something got done. 


HTH

Everett Dowd



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jay Hennigan
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 1:08 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: [c-nsp] Netcordia Net-MRI anyone?

I just got telemarketed by these guys, who claim to have a $25K box that 
does wonders for optimizing networks and will pay for itself four times 
over in a year.  (I can think of several things I'd rather spend $25K 
on, but want to give the guy the benefit of the doubt.)  URL is 
http://www.netmri.com/

The guy was obviously just cold-calling a list, had little clue about 
its capabilities, specs, etc.  About the only claim to fame he could 
give me is that the Feds have bought several of them.  Pictures on their 
website look like a Cobalt RAQ.

Anyone familiar with this product?  Is it worth considering?  We're 
presently using a number of open-source tools such as RANCID, Cricket, 
Nagios, etc.

-- 
Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Administration - jay at west.net
NetLojix Communications, Inc.  -  http://www.netlojix.com/
WestNet:  Connecting you to the planet.  805 884-6323
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