Re: Network Monitoring

Nagios would be gud choice as well.....

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Alexei Monastyrnyi <alexeim73_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Bill,
> from first hand experience, designing and deploying NMC-like thing is a big
> project. My .02 cents would be that you clearly set your goals before buying
> something like HP OV or Cisco Works. They are good but they are complex, one
> has to have hands free and full support from management for the project and
> then ability to do a proper hand-over to network operations department.
> Otherwise it is gonna be mess.
>
> HTH,
> A.
>
>
> jockey wearer wrote:
>
>> I think Mr.Nasim you did not work for big organization and seems to be
>> working with small firm.
>> There are some banks which uses HP Open view Over Cisco Works.
>> HP open view has multiple modules(suite of software applications) and
>> there
>> are specialized engineers for NMS for large-scale system.
>> what you means by " Why to Spend thousands of dolloars for really
>> nothing."
>> There are some places where money doesnt keep value like
>> banks,Airlines,Ministry sectors to keep tracking on system.
>> Hope you unserstand . ; ) Wink
>>
>> Thanks
>> Prashant
>>
>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Muhammad Nasim <muhammad.nasim_at_gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I used IBM Net tivoli and realy did not find it good. No proper support
>>> from
>>> IBM and also the GUI of the product not user friendly.
>>> My personal point of view regarding the one in all network management
>>> solutions like IBM Tivoli or HP OpenView is not in favor for these
>>> products.
>>>
>>> Why to Spend thousands of dolloars for really nothing.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/5/9 David Clark <dclark_at_ccbootcamp.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you are looking for a free tool then Cacti can't be beaten.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cacti.net/
>>>>
>>>> There are plugins available for Cacti that will perform the type of
>>>> monitoring you require.
>>>>
>>>> If you are looking to purchase a product, then you might consider IBM's
>>>> Tivoli Netview.
>>>>
>>>> http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/netview/
>>>>
>>>> It's not easy to setup nor particularly user friendly , but it's
>>>> industrial
>>>> strength and scales extremely well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> ________________________________
>>>>
>>>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com on behalf of Bill Mckenzie
>>>> Sent: Fri 5/8/2009 1:26 PM
>>>> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>>>> Subject: OT:Network Monitoring
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for information on network monitoring software that would
>>>> be
>>>> good
>>>> for a financial instituation, in which I mean the network has an
>>>>
>>>>
>>> extremely
>>>
>>>
>>>> large number of switch ports and interfaces that need monitored and
>>>> would
>>>> need
>>>> polled every 5 - 10 seconds. This is an environment where mere
>>>>
>>>>
>>> milliseconds
>>>
>>>
>>>> of
>>>> latency could cause major issues and 5 minute trending is not
>>>>
>>>>
>>> appropriate.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bill CCIE#16725, CCVP,CCSP
>>>>
>>>>
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