[89622] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Backbone Monitoring Tools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ashe Canvar)
Tue Mar 28 19:08:00 2006
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:07:27 -0800
From: "Ashe Canvar" <acanvar@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4429CA69.1040005@mfx.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Thanks for the quick responses. Perhaps I should have been more explicit.
I already use "remstats"
(http://remstats.sourceforge.net/release/index.html) for interface b/w
monitoring. I have worked with nagios and openview int he past.
I have an ospf based network. The specific monitoring problem I am
trying to solve is :
1. actively test the currently active path for packet loss and transfer
i.e. draw a latency grid between every datacenter and every other
datacenter
2. actively detect routing changes / failover to redundant paths
using traceroutes
i.e. alert if SFO->CHG->NYC changes to SFO->LXE->HOU->NYC
( link state protocols suck as far as testing backup paths go)
3. actively transfer a fixed file
i.e. draw a datarate grid between every datacenter and every other datac=
enter
So, I am not looking for a generic graphing/alerting NMS. Does anyone
use a specific tool that is capable of doing this ?
I am in a buy vs. build debate with my boss ;)
Regards,
Ashe.
On 3/28/06, Josh Cheney <jcheney@mfx.net> wrote:
>
> I have had a decent amount of success with Nagios. It is not trivial to
> setup, but once it is up and running, it has always handled our
> dependencies and such very well. Additionally, because it calls external
> programs to do the checks, it is pretty simple to write a script that
> measures whatever value you would like to monitor. As I said before, it
> is a pain to set up initially, but after getting it set up, I couldn't
> be happier with it.
>
> Ashe Canvar wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I want a simple backbone monitor for my 5 datacenters. My "backbone"
> > consists of redundant IPSEC/GRE tunnnels.
> >
> > At the very least I want to ping, traceroute and transfer a small file
> > every few minutes over all IPSEC links. I am sure there are products
> > that do this already, but I am having a hard time finding any.
> >
> > The display format should be noc-friendly. A basic grid with green/red
> > status indicators at the least. Geographical maps a plus.
> >
> > Do most of you use a home grown tool for this monitoring and alerting ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ashe
> >
> > .
> >
>
> --
> Josh Cheney
> jcheney@mfx.net
> http://www.joshcheney.com
>
