<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>+1. We use SolarWinds NPM, NCM (config management) and NTA (Netflow traffic analyser) all together, we are managing numerous devices (542 different cisco device stacks w/ 34,214 interfaces) across a bunch of different sites with 3 boxes in our two main DC’s, it does a surprisingly good job collecting and reporting all that data though we are pretty close to the limit of what three boxes can handle at the full polling rate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It’s not the cheapest thing out there but compared to some other options it’s pretty cost effective and has surprised me a few times with some of the things it picks up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve also seen a few updates since we set it up and they almost always have meaningful content in them with lots of new features, I don’t think I have seen a major update yet that hasn’t contained something new and awesome for us to use which is pretty cool.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><disclaimer> Depending on your environment / hardware YMMV though, best to test / check you are happy with the results before buying (obviously) </disclaimer><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Ayden Beeson</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Tschudi<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 14 April 2014 3:13 PM<br><b>To:</b> Peter Childs<br><b>Cc:</b> ausnog@ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Network monitoring software<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>We use Solar Winds Network Performance Monitor which works great with the Net Flow Add on.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Andrew<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Peter Childs <<a href="mailto:pchilds@staff.iinet.net.au" target="_blank">pchilds@staff.iinet.net.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>OP requested commercial product :)<br>________________________________________<br>From: Brad Peczka [<a href="mailto:brad@bradpeczka.com">brad@bradpeczka.com</a>]<br>Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2014 3:31 PM<br>To: Peter Childs; Radek Tkaczyk; <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>Subject: RE: Network monitoring software<br><br>Why would you use Observium, when you can use LibreNMS instead? :-)<br><br>Regards,<br>-Brad.<br><br>________________________________________<br>From: AusNOG [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] On Behalf Of Peter Childs [<a href="mailto:pchilds@staff.iinet.net.au">pchilds@staff.iinet.net.au</a>]<br>Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2014 12:28 PM<br>To: Radek Tkaczyk; <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Network monitoring software<br><br>Observium paid edition.<br>________________________________________<br>From: AusNOG [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] on behalf of Radek Tkaczyk [<a href="mailto:radek@tkaczyk.id.au">radek@tkaczyk.id.au</a>]<br>Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2014 10:33 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>Subject: [AusNOG] Network monitoring software<br><br>Hi Guys,<br><br>I have been asked to review our network monitoring software that we use internally to monitor our own infrastructure, but also to monitor the various layer 2 and layer 3 customer tails we have around the country.<br><br>I’m looking for any recommendations from people who are happy with the products that they have inhouse. Looking for a commercial product really (as long as it’s not ridiculously expensive).<br><br>At my previous employers we have used PRTG and Solarwinds, which were OK, but I know Solarwinds was very expensive. One important feature that we need is a device dashboard that will show us the status and details of a device like IP addresses, IOS and firmware versions, error stats, etc.<br><br>Any suggestions from fellow ausnoggers here?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Radek<br>Ph: 0413 383 231<br><a href="mailto:radek@tkaczyk.id.au">radek@tkaczyk.id.au</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div>
<P><A title="Charles Sturt University" href="http://www.csu.edu.au/"><IMG
alt="Charles Sturt University"
src="cid:csu-logo1316.bmp"
border=0></A></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 8px; COLOR: #c42129; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">| ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT
MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA
WAGGA |</P>
<HR>
<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">LEGAL
NOTICE</SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This email
(and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the
addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must
not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to
anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken
delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening.
Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any
consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email
communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could
result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU.
The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU.</SPAN>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
style="COLOR: #c42129" href="http://www.csu.edu.au">Charles Sturt University in
Australia</A> The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia
2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Number: 00005F (National)). TEQSA
Provider Number: PV12018 <BR><A style="COLOR: #c42129"
href="http://www.charlessturt.ca/">Charles Sturt University in Ontario</A> 860
Harrington Court, Burlington Ontario Canada L7N 3N4 Registration: <A
style="COLOR: #c42129" href="http://www.peqab.ca">www.peqab.ca</A></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Consider the
environment before printing this email.</SPAN> <div style="color:#999999;font-size:11px;font-family:verdana"><br>Disclaimer added by <b>CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007</b><br><a href="http://www.codetwo.com">www.codetwo.com</a></div><br></body></html>