[ale] NetCool vs competitors

[Jerry Yu]

I'd be interested to see a detailed review/presentation of current list of
NMS tools (O/S or otherwise) with the list of criteria (thx, Chris).

On 5/11/06, Chris Ricker <kaboom at oobleck.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 9 May 2006, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >   Does anyone have experience with NetCool or something similar that is
> > setup for monitoring distributed networks, devices and servers?
>
> Yep
>
> There's a *lot* of open source available in that general space as well,
> some of it directly comparable, some of it more frameworks that you can
> use to build what you need
>
> My recommendation -- figure out exactly what's important to you. Go
> through all the questions like:
>
> * do you want just network stuff, or also servers?
>
> * since you're including servers, do you mind a host agent-based approach,
> or will you go entirely remote / snmp monitoring?
>
> * if you want a host agent-based solution, what OSes do you need to
> support?
>
> * if you want an entirely remote solution, does everything you want
> support snmp, etc.?
>
> * do you want just monitoring, or do you also want management (just get a
> page when a daemon's not running, or actually restart the daemon)?
>
> * are pretty graphs / trending important to you?
>
> * if they are, what kinds of data do you want tracked?
>
> * is extensibility for new services important, and if so, how is the
> product extended?
>
> * how much are you planning on monitoring, both in terms of numbers of
> devices and how detailed of monitoring of each device?
>
> * how scalable is the monitoring application? how does it scale?
>
> * how much work are you willing to invest in getting it going?
>
> If you look through the specs of some of the products, you'll get a better
> feel for what's out there and narrow in on a solution that fits what you
> need.... Once you do that, you may find NetCool's appropriate, or you may
> find that one of the free solutions better fits your needs
>
> Some of the stuff you might want to look at to get ideas:
>
> NetCool - commercial
> OpenView - commercial
> Big Brother - formerly open source, now closed for commercial use
> nagios - open source
> Hobbit - open source
> Munin - open source
> Cacti - open source
> Zabbix - GPL, but politely asks that commercial users pay
> opennms - open source
>
> later,
> chris
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