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Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools
From: "Alexei Roudnev" <alex () relcom net>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:16:15 -0700
In reality, to get best results, use some combination of few such systems. All have string sides and weak sides. (For example, snmpstat shows excellent network view, allowing to see exactly what is going on, and shows good unlimited traffic patterns, such as average packet size etc, have embedded tickets and reports, but have hardcoded set of parameters so if you want something out of it's scope, it's not enough. Others, such as nagual or cricket, allows to monitor everything but can not show system overview and do not have usage reports. ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucas Iglesias" <l.iglesias () tiba com> To: "'Claydon, Tom'" <Tom.Claydon () DobsonTelco net>; <nanog () merit edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:09 PM Subject: RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools
We have been using JFFNMS (http://www.jffnms.org) for the last 2 years and works just great. You can monitor almost anything you'd like to via SNMP (we currently use
it
to graph Traffic, Drops, Input Errors, RTT, Packet Loss, CPU, Memory, Temperature, TCP Connections, BGP, etc). And has email/paging
capabilities.
Try it out and let me know. Luckas.- -----Mensaje original----- De: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]En nombre de Claydon, Tom Enviado el: Martes, 14 de Septiembre de 2004 04:48 p.m. Para: nanog () merit edu Asunto: Open-Source Network Management Tools I'm looking for open-source alternatives for network management, such as Nagios or Big Brother. We are currently using WhatsUp Gold, and would like to move to something more flexible (and not running on a Windows platform). Something that has email/paging capabilities, and can process SNMP traps would be a plus for us as well. Recommendations? Thanks.
Current thread:
- Open-Source Network Management Tools Claydon, Tom (Sep 14)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools John Kinsella (Sep 14)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Alexei Roudnev (Sep 15)
- RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools Philippe Ombredanne (Sep 14)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools John Kinsella (Sep 14)
- RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools Philippe Ombredanne (Sep 14)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools John Kinsella (Sep 14)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Steve Francis (Sep 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools Lucas Iglesias (Sep 14)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Alexei Roudnev (Sep 15)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Mark Newton (Sep 15)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Wes Hardaker (Sep 15)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Alexei Roudnev (Sep 15)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools John Kinsella (Sep 14)
- RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools Michael Smith (Sep 15)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Alexei Roudnev (Sep 17)
- Building a network and system management open source tool Philippe Ombredanne (Sep 17)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Chris Allermann (Sep 17)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Suresh Ramasubramanian (Sep 17)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Alexei Roudnev (Sep 17)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Christian Kuhtz (Sep 17)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Alexei Roudnev (Sep 17)
- Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools Alexei Roudnev (Sep 17)