Re: OT: Network Monitoring Tool

From my experience HPoV is a piece of sh$t. Sorry to say that but that is
true, not friendly at all as compared to Solarwinds.
However, I have seen HPoV in larger environment. Their licensing kills and
gets very expensive.

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Kambiz Agahian <aussiecert_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> There are lots of options out there but in different cases we've got a
> pretty good response from Solarwinds and HP Openview (depending on size).
>
> There is also a huge list of open source apps with the major problem of
> "immediate support" provided you're running a mission critical network.
>
> At the end of the day, you're usually better off getting a hold of their
> AMs/SEs to come down to your facilities and present what they have to offer
> AND run a PoC to see it that really works in your case.
>
> * These sessions usually lead to nice discounts if you're a great
> negotiator!
>
> HTH
> Kambiz Agahian
>
> CCIE Instructor/Consultant
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>
>
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Dhack Dheolu <dhackdheolu_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I need a monitoring tool that can do the following:
> >
> > Monitor the availability, response time and packet drop to all
> > nodes.
> > Differentiate link up or down to the node with either GREEN or RED
> > respectively.
> > Monitor all network security devices ie IDS, IPS, ASA ,switches,
> > routers etc
> > Monitor the availability, response time and packet of each service
> > provider on separate view so as to manage the SLA.
> > Monitor the bandwidth utilization to each node.
> > Analyse traffic to each node (Net-flow analysis)
> > Send alert via email and SMS
> > Should generate exportable reports
> >
> > I scaled my options down to two: PRTG and Orion NPM. I was wondering
> > if you guys could help me decide on the best option (even those not
> > included in my above 2 mentioned). Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Adeolu Owokade
> > CCIE #26495 (Security)
> >
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