[c-nsp] Network monitoring / NMS software

[Andy Ellsworth]

+1 for OpenNMS. Their commercial support is quite good (you have a very
short path to the guys who write the code). The new Meridian/Horizon
branding thing is a little confusing for long-time users IMO, but they do
at least lay out the differences here: http://www.opennms.com/meridian/

I've used OpenNMS for years (both commercially and personally), and while
it has its quirks and a learning curve, it rewards the time you invest in
it fairly well.


On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Scott Granados <scott at granados-llc.net>
wrote:

> I know this question comes up from time to time and I’ve myself asked it
> before but it was a while ago and some recent googling seems to indicate
> the landscape has changed a lot.
>
> I’m looking for recommendations for monitoring software.  Basic alerting,
> SNMP polling, trap handling, reporting, auto discovery and the other
> general features.  Server monitoring would be a nice plus or at least a
> method of adding on that functionality.
> Open NMS is grabbing my interest so far but I’m wondering about commercial
> packages and the advantages of having a vendor to call on especially
> considering we’re a small startup operation so far.  Wonder what people are
> using, what open source or commercial platforms have you tried?  The only
> real requirement I have in terms of environment is that the platform runs
> under Linux and not windows only.  We’re a non windows shop so can’t and
> won’t install a single instance of Windows server just to run monitoring.
> Any pointers and advice folks have would be greatly appreciated. Also
> anyone using open NMS specifically who has any real world experience and
> comments would be appreciated but I’m interested in anything being used and
> your opinions.
>
> Thanks
> Scott
>
>
>
>
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