My real problem with netsaint is that it takes a lot of resources to run.
We'd have to set up multiple boxes to be able to monitor all of the stuff we
need to monitor.

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Tanner [mailto:tanner at real-time.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:02 AM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] network monitoring tools
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> Quoting Austad, Jay (austad at marketwatch.com):
> > I'm looking for a network monitoring tool that has a nice 
> web interface
> > (preferably written in PHP), logs to a database, and can 
> generate nice
> > pretty uptime reports for pointy haired manager types.  
> I've used Netsaint
> > in the past, but progress on it is slow, it doesn't log 
> anything to a db,
> > and administration of it is a pain in the ass.  The reason 
> I'm looking for
> > DB logging is so I can generate my own custom reports 
> easily, and for ease
> > of administration.
> 
> Hmm, we must use different version of netsaint, it's pretty 
> easy to admin,
> IMHO. The problem we have with it, like mrtg, it doesn't 
> scale. And yes, the
> history and trend reporting is terrible (non-existent).
> 
> I like opennms. It's a true NMS, logs to a DB (postgres by 
> default), has lots of
> canned reports, and has an awesome report tool, which is 
> getting close to
> crystal report writter.
> 
> It's 100% Java, take more horse power to run, more time to 
> setup. But like most
> flexible things it more complicated then netsaint.
> 
> We have only run this on our development network, so I cannot 
> comment on how it
> performs in a "real world" setup.
> 
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