[AusNOG] Network monitoring software

Mon Apr 14 19:49:59 EST 2014

Just curious.

Does Whats up gold have any place in the network monitoring space. I remember it from years ago, not sure what it is like now.

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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Beeson, Ayden
Sent: Monday, 14 April 2014 5:44 PM
To: Andrew Tschudi; Peter Childs
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Network monitoring software

+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.

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.

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.

<disclaimer> Depending on your environment / hardware YMMV though, best to test / check you are happy with the results before buying (obviously) </disclaimer>

Thanks,
Ayden Beeson

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Tschudi
Sent: Monday, 14 April 2014 3:13 PM
To: Peter Childs
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Network monitoring software

We use Solar Winds Network Performance Monitor which works great with the Net Flow Add on.

Andrew

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Peter Childs <pchilds at staff.iinet.net.au<mailto:pchilds at staff.iinet.net.au>> wrote:

OP requested commercial product :)
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From: Brad Peczka [brad at bradpeczka.com<mailto:brad at bradpeczka.com>]
Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2014 3:31 PM
To: Peter Childs; Radek Tkaczyk; ausnog at ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>
Subject: RE: Network monitoring software

Why would you use Observium, when you can use LibreNMS instead? :-)

Regards,
-Brad.

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From: AusNOG [ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] On Behalf Of Peter Childs [pchilds at staff.iinet.net.au<mailto:pchilds at staff.iinet.net.au>]
Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2014 12:28 PM
To: Radek Tkaczyk; ausnog at ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Network monitoring software

Observium paid edition.
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From: AusNOG [ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] on behalf of Radek Tkaczyk [radek at tkaczyk.id.au<mailto:radek at tkaczyk.id.au>]
Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2014 10:33 AM
To: ausnog at ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>
Subject: [AusNOG] Network monitoring software

Hi Guys,

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.

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).

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.

Any suggestions from fellow ausnoggers here?

Regards,

Radek
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