[161336] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brett Lykins)
Fri Mar 8 12:34:06 2013
From: Brett Lykins <lykinsbd@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <FC23F654D827394488D9056911C9814D33A49743@SWAIIDE014.ailocal.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:33:25 -0500
To: Ben Bartsch <uwcableguy@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I would second Cacti as a great extensible resource, (with Threshold,
Monitor, and Weathermap plugins) with the caveat that it almost
requires someone on the team to take it on as a hobby if you want to
get the most out of it.
You really need someone who loves to tinker, (and has the time) but
the payoff in the end can be worth it.
-Brett Lykins
On Mar 8, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Jeffrey Negro <jnegro@advance.net> wrote:
> I've always had a love/hate relationship with Cacti for this type of thin=
g. If you have the Monitor, Threshold, and Weathermap plugins installed, i=
t's very extensible and would probably meet your needs well. Weathermap ha=
s a decent in-app designer that has a Visio feel. The hate part comes when=
dealing with its poller and RRD processing, which are a bit of a pain to t=
roubleshoot when they go on the fritz. Also, it has a bit of a learning cu=
rve, mainly due to the extensibility it allows, and initially getting it go=
ing takes some work (some Linux CLI skills). I'm not sure how it compares =
to NetBrain or Intermapper, but Cacti is open source and doesn't have a com=
mercial support option. Not sure if that's something you're looking for, j=
ust FYI.
>
> -- Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Bartsch [mailto:uwcableguy@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 11:38 AM
> To: NANOG
> Subject: Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS
>
> Hi all:
>
> I'm looking for information anyone might have comparing Intermapper to Ne=
tBrain for NMS. Stuff like devices up/down, interface utilization, buildin=
g maps for documentation, etc. IMO, Intermapper works great, when it works=
. Tech support has been slow and often cannot fix the problems, not to men=
tion they release updates about once every other week.
>
> Anyone familiar with any similar products? We are presently evaluating N=
etBrain and it seems really nice. We really like the Visio-like aspect of =
it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Ben
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