[c-nsp] OT: Open Source Network Monitor

[Matthew Crocker]

On Aug 30, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Scott Granados wrote:

> I would suggest checking out opmanager from advent net.  They have  
> a few
> configurations ranging from free to $795 per user.  The alerting is
> quite good and config is not all that bad.
> 	Another option is open groundwork.  However, if you wish to have
> the full supported professional version from them and not use the free
> verion prepare for a bill of something like $15000 yearly.

Stay clear of IT Groundwork,  It is basically just Nagios with a  
bunch of their proprietary 'glue' that doesn't work.  I bought into  
it and spent a summer reinstalling their software every other week to  
fix bugs.  They changed the back end database 3 times in 3 months. It  
was a nightmare.     I would recommend Nagios itself but I would not  
recommend ITGroundworks version of it.

I'm using WhatsUpPro from IPswitch right now and it works quite  
well,  couple hundred nodes with notifications, SNMP traps and  
monitoring of all interfaces.

>
> G. Scott Granados
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Joseph Jackson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:05 PM
> To: Cisco-NSP Mailing List
> Subject: [c-nsp] OT: Open Source Network Monitor
>
> Hey all,
>
> 	I know this is way off topic but I would like to know any
> software products you guys can recommend.  We are looking for an open
> source network monitor.  I have tried OpenNMS but didn't like certain
> parts of it so I'd like to hear what you all gotta say.
>
>
> Joseph
>
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