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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>We use a combination of BB4 which has been customised with
scripts, probes, etc we developed + Nagios.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Both products are excellent.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>BB4 is a paid product and an upgrade to the old Open Source
release of BB.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Runs on UNIX (Solaris), Linux and Windows
boxes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Nagios works just as well, but more cumbersome to configure
and deploy. We've developed a web interface to configure up new nodes so our
helpdesk staff can configure up new monitoring rules quickly for host
deployments.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Another package to check out is Cacti.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Go for cross-platform tools with no
lock-ins.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Hope this helps.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=340540905-09022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Cheers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>PRK<BR><B>Sent:</B>
2010-02-09 3:10 pm<BR><B>To:</B> ausnog@ausnog.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AusNOG]
Network Monitoring Systems<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>G'day guys,<BR><BR>I'm curious what people use for network
monitoring, performance monitoring & graphing of large scale networks &
systems.<BR><BR>Open source / commercial / homegrown / hybrids
thereof?<BR><BR>Any experiences (for or against) different solutions that people
are willing to share?<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>prk<BR></BODY></HTML>