[c-nsp] Solarwinds Orion & Cirrus - Thoughts?

[Stu Packett]

I maintain a midsize network with about 75 routers, switches, firewalls in
total.  I'm currently using Kiwi Syslog for syslogs; MRTG for bandwidth
graphing; WhatsUp for SNMP traps; and Kiwi CatTools for config management.
All these on different servers.

I was looking for an "all-in-one" product so I can place all these functions
on one server.  After some research, I found Solarwinds Orion and Cirrus.
>From my reading, it appears Solarwinds Orion can take over the syslog,
bandwidth graphs, and SNMP traps.  The Solarwinds Cirrus would then take
over the config management.  We don't mind paying for software as I know
that open source will always be a good recommendation by others.

The Solarwinds products are somewhat new to me so I wanted to know if I am
correct in saying that both these Solarwinds products can take over these
functions.  Also, I'm open to hear any comments, thoughts, opinions, etc
about these products.  Thanks in advance.