[116311] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open Source / Low Cost NMS for Server Hardware / Application
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brent Jones)
Thu Jul 30 03:47:44 2009
In-Reply-To: <483E6B0272B0284BA86D7596C40D29F9D122128063@PUR-EXCH07.ox.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:46:50 -0700
From: Brent Jones <brent@servuhome.net>
To: Matthew Huff <mhuff@ox.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Matthew Huff<mhuff@ox.com> wrote:
> I apologize for not starting a new thread before, I didn't realize that t=
he nanog mailing list created a thread-index rather than using the subject.
>
> Even though NANOG is primarily for network operators, I know that a numbe=
r of members work in NOCs where there is also monitoring of servers/applica=
tions. I would appreciate it if anyone has suggestions about monitoring sys=
tems that would be applicable to our environment. We have a large number of=
custom 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 wa=
y of monitoring our environment. We are looking for recommendations for ope=
nsource or low-cost. We would prefer solutions where the basic monitoring i=
s ready out of the box. Native agents with custom scripting would be highly=
desired (rather than SNMP/DMI/WMI polling).
>
> Some of our requirements:
>
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Native agents for Windows 2003/2008, Linux, Linux x86_64, S=
olaris Sparc and Solaris x86_64. Either binaries or source code.
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Ability to send alerts via email, pager and/or snmp
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Monitoring of OS properties like memory, disk, cpu, etc...
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Ability to extend agents with scripting to allow monitoring=
of custom services
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Plug-in architecture for third-party add-ons
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Reliable Architecture
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Reasonable user interface
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Non-blocking polling
> . =A0 =A0 =A0 Active Project (New Releases on regular basis and have exis=
ted for a reasonable period)
>
> Based on our research and feedback from NANOG, we have put a preliminary =
list of product to evaluate:
>
> Hyperic =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.hyperic.com/
> OpenNMS =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.opennms.org/wiki/Main_Page
> opsview =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.opsview.org/
> osimius =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.osmius.net/en/
> PandoraFMS =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://pandorafms.org/
> Zabbix =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.zabbix.com/
> Groundwork =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.groundworkopensource.com=
/
> Nagios =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.nagios.org
> Zenoss =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://zenoss.com
> OpManager =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.manageengine.com
> Orion =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.solarwinds.com/produ=
cts/orion/
> BigBrother =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://bb4.com/
> Argus =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://argus.tcp4me.com/
> Xymon =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.xymon.com
> Spiceworks =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.spiceworks.com/
> ICINGA =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.icinga.org
>
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> Matthew Huff =A0 =A0 =A0 | One Manhattanville Rd
> OTA Management LLC | Purchase, NY 10577
> http://www.ox.com =A0| Phone: 914-460-4039
> aim: matthewbhuff =A0| Fax: =A0 914-460-4139
>
>
>
>
>
I use Zabbix and Cacti primarily, but in the same situation - there
has to be better stuff out there.
You listed some that I wasn't familiar with, so I'll try those out.
I did use Hyperic, while it has a lot of features, its bulky UI really
detracts from its abilities.
Wish Zabbix had some more community and developers, has many promising
features, but needs SNMP and IPMI more tightly integrated.
--=20
Brent Jones
brent@servuhome.net
