[c-nsp] Network Software - Management/Performance

[Rolf Mendelsohn]

Hi Guys,

Argus is very small, lightweight, fast and simple!

(Also works well :>).
http://argus.tcp4me.com/

cheers
/rolf

On Monday 19 February 2007 21:09, Joseph Jackson wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---------
> > Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at cisco.com> // 408.527.6376 voice
> >
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> >
> >                        -- Marshall McLuhan
> >
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