[74137] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open-Source Network Management Tools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Newton)
Wed Sep 15 03:34:38 2004
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:02:33 +0930
From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>
To: Alexei Roudnev <alex@relcom.net>
Cc: Lucas Iglesias <l.iglesias@tiba.com>,
"'Claydon, Tom'" <Tom.Claydon@DobsonTelco.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <06a901c49af3$e36e17b0$6401a8c0@alexh>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 12:16:15AM -0700, Alexei Roudnev wrote:
> 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. )
Add in Nodemap (http://nodemap.internode.on.net) as a way of gluing
things together too. Provides an overview (configurable level of
detail) and can be configured with hyperlinks to other places
(MRTG/Cricket graphs, site descriptions, etc)
- mark
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