[116144] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Open Source / Low Cost NMS for Server Hardware / Application
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Amundson)
Wed Jul 22 15:48:53 2009
From: Erik Amundson <Erik.Amundson@oati.net>
To: Matthew Huff <mhuff@ox.com>, "'nanog@nanog.org'" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:47:59 -0500
In-Reply-To: <483E6B0272B0284BA86D7596C40D29F9D122128063@PUR-EXCH07.ox.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
We've been using Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold for many years. Their recent improv=
ements to the product have been mainly system monitoring stuff.
The product has grown in capabilities hugely since version 4 when we starte=
d with them (they are on version 12 now), and with that improvement in capa=
bilities, the price has gone up a bit. It's still a whole lot less than mo=
st other options, however.
There isn't too much in the way of agents, but we've integrated a ton of pr=
oprietary systems with WhatsUp Gold via it's SQL database back-end.
They also have fully scriptable monitoring as a standard feature now.
Anyways, thought I'd put in my two cents...
- Erik
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Huff [mailto:mhuff@ox.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:08 PM
To: 'nanog@nanog.org'
Subject: Open Source / Low Cost NMS for Server Hardware / Application Monit=
oring
I apologize for not starting a new thread before, I didn't realize that the=
nanog mailing list created a thread-index rather than using the subject.
Even though NANOG is primarily for network operators, I know that a number =
of members work in NOCs where there is also monitoring of servers/applicati=
ons. I would appreciate it if anyone has suggestions about monitoring syste=
ms that would be applicable to our environment. We have a large number of c=
ustom applications on a large number of hosts including Windows 2003/2008, =
Linux x86/x86_64 and Solaris Sparc/x86_64. We are looking for a better way =
of monitoring our environment. We are looking for recommendations for opens=
ource or low-cost. We would prefer solutions where the basic monitoring is =
ready out of the box. Native agents with custom scripting would be highly d=
esired (rather than SNMP/DMI/WMI polling).
Some of our requirements:
. Native agents for Windows 2003/2008, Linux, Linux x86_64, Solaris S=
parc and Solaris x86_64. Either binaries or source code.
. Ability to send alerts via email, pager and/or snmp
. Monitoring of OS properties like memory, disk, cpu, etc...
. Ability to extend agents with scripting to allow monitoring of cust=
om services
. Plug-in architecture for third-party add-ons
. Reliable Architecture
. Reasonable user interface
. Non-blocking polling
. Active Project (New Releases on regular basis and have existed for =
a reasonable period)
Based on our research and feedback from NANOG, we have put a preliminary li=
st of product to evaluate:
Hyperic http://www.hyperic.com/
OpenNMS http://www.opennms.org/wiki/Main_Page
opsview http://www.opsview.org/
osimius http://www.osmius.net/en/
PandoraFMS http://pandorafms.org/
Zabbix http://www.zabbix.com/
Groundwork http://www.groundworkopensource.com/
Nagios http://www.nagios.org
Zenoss http://zenoss.com
OpManager http://www.manageengine.com
Orion http://www.solarwinds.com/products/orion/
BigBrother http://bb4.com/
Argus http://argus.tcp4me.com/
Xymon http://www.xymon.com
Spiceworks http://www.spiceworks.com/
ICINGA http://www.icinga.org
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Matthew Huff | One Manhattanville Rd
OTA Management LLC | Purchase, NY 10577
http://www.ox.com | Phone: 914-460-4039
aim: matthewbhuff | Fax: 914-460-4139
