[AusNOG] Network Graphing Tools

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On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 3:23 PM, James Braunegg <james.braunegg at micron21.com
> wrote:

> Dear All
>
>
>
> We use a combination of network graphing software in our SOC and NOC as
> not one package deals with everything we require.
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> In general we run Catci for long term and 5 minute averages which gives us
> a global view for both Network, Power and Cooling.
>
>
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> We then run ManageEngine Netflow Analyzer (
> www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/ ) along with PRTG (
> http://www.paessler.com/prtg/ ) for 1 minute averages which provides fast
> updates of graphs including flow and interface information.
>
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> These fast updating graphs at a quick glance provide the team visual
> information on interfaces, source and destination, applications ports and
> protocols within the networks that we support and protect.
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> We also have lots of real time screens which includes Solar Winds, ping
> plotters, trace routes all of which provide real time visibility graphs
> along with a heap of custom scripts and our with ADS-M monitoring from
> NSFOCUS which drives our DDoS Protection services.
>
>
>
> If you’re interested in our setup and how our temporary SOC and NOC is
> configured you can see a few photos here
> http://www.micron21.com/micron21-soc-noc.php  and or I am always happy to
> show people in person if you’re in town !
>
>
>
> Kindest Regards
>
>
> *James Braunegg**P:*  1300 769 972  |  *M:*  0488 997 207 |  *D:*  (03)
> 9751 7616
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Daniel
> Hooper
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:29 PM
> *To:* ausnog at ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Network Graphing Tools
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
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>
> I’ve been really hammering collectd + graphite + grafana lately.
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> Grafana is just a replacement dashboard for Graphite, being able to create
> graphs on the fly and apply various functions quickly is changing how we do
> some things now for the better, it’s very flexible and I can see why the
> devops crew have been talking it up for a while now.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
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>
> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] *On Behalf Of *James Hodgkinson
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 June 2014 5:50 PM
> *Cc:* ausnog at ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Network Graphing Tools
>
>
>
> We use Statseeker, but it's increasingly and maddeningly showing its age...
>
>
>
> James
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> On 25 June 2014 17:03, Maik Straube <mstraube at asi.com.au> wrote:
>
> +1 for cacti for trend monitoring.
>
> You can get quite fancy dashboards with the weathermap plugin. However, it
> is just painful to configure them.
>
>
> http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=24433&sid=7d37d5228aa2d8dcaa9f39aaf24fbe30
>
> Cheers,
> Maik
>
>
>
> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
> Bradley Amm
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014 4:55 PM
> To: Georgien Dimis; ausnog at ausnog.net
>
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Network Graphing Tools
>
> I use Cacti and Manage Engine OpsManager
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Bradley Amm
> 11 Delawney St Balcatta WA 6021
> P 08 6241 4404 F 6241 4455 M 0448 815 710
> W www.homegroupwa.com.au
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> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
> Georgien Dimis
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2014 2:30 PM
> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] Network Graphing Tools
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> We currently use Cacti for graphing of network links in our environment
> and was wandering if there is a better tool out there?
> We find Cacti rather clunky and tedious to use and setup new devices
> interfaces.
>
> Has anyone got thoughts on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Georgien
>
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