[c-nsp] OT: Open Source Network Monitor

[Netfortius]

I can feel you :) Been there - done that, in the beginning (Oh, My Gosh kind 
of ...) - but in the end, w/the yearly maintenance coming short of 1/10th of 
the salary of the lowest paid network guy, for monitoring tons of devices and 
sites, adds, moves and changes w/minimal effort (try to keep up with the QoS 
changes you need to make in Cisco devices, in your MRTG configs!) ... oh, 
well, it was simply a matter of ROI :)

Stefan

On Friday 01 September 2006 14:16, Paul Stewart wrote:
> I'm quite honestly very impressed by everything they offer... But their
> pricing they keep quoting us makes them totally out of reach for us....
> They were talking something in the area of $30K the last time I talked
> to them (3 months ago)...
>
> Paul Stewart
> Network Administrator
> Nexicom Inc.
> http://www.nexicom.net/
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Netfortius
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 3:11 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] OT: Open Source Network Monitor
>
> My $0.02 - and DISCLAIMER: I am in no way, shape or form related to this
> company, except for being a happy customers of theirs!
>
> I have built throughout the years various open source systems
> (Linux-based), such as MRTG w/RRD ones, Nagios, Cacti, etc. In the end I
> have come to appreciate my and my group's time in not having to maintain
> tools with high requirements for resources (though apparently "free"),
> and just pay for a software bundle, mostly open source, which delivered
> all the tools with easy to use config interfaces, all in one place.
> Highly, highly recommended - I am using their MRTG/RRD components,
> syslog, inventory, alarming, netflow, etc. - WebNM w/Denika, Logalot (I
> do not think What's Up Gold is worth it) are very
> good:
>
> http://www.somix.com
>
> In the yearly maintenance you get a person from their crew to come and
> upgrade, when need be, and unlimited number of calls for help, where
> they build for you anything odd (which does not fit the regular standard
> templates).
>
> HTH,
> Stefan
>
> On Wednesday 30 August 2006 15:05, Joseph Jackson wrote:
> > 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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