My real problem with netsaint is that it takes a lot of resources to run. We'd have to set up multiple boxes to be able to monitor all of the stuff we need to monitor. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Tanner [mailto:tanner at real-time.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:02 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] network monitoring tools > Importance: High > > > Quoting Austad, Jay (austad at marketwatch.com): > > I'm looking for a network monitoring tool that has a nice > web interface > > (preferably written in PHP), logs to a database, and can > generate nice > > pretty uptime reports for pointy haired manager types. > I've used Netsaint > > in the past, but progress on it is slow, it doesn't log > anything to a db, > > and administration of it is a pain in the ass. The reason > I'm looking for > > DB logging is so I can generate my own custom reports > easily, and for ease > > of administration. > > Hmm, we must use different version of netsaint, it's pretty > easy to admin, > IMHO. The problem we have with it, like mrtg, it doesn't > scale. And yes, the > history and trend reporting is terrible (non-existent). > > I like opennms. It's a true NMS, logs to a DB (postgres by > default), has lots of > canned reports, and has an awesome report tool, which is > getting close to > crystal report writter. > > It's 100% Java, take more horse power to run, more time to > setup. But like most > flexible things it more complicated then netsaint. > > We have only run this on our development network, so I cannot > comment on how it > performs in a "real world" setup. > > -- > Minneapolis St. Paul Twin Cities MN | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.mn-linux.org Minnesota Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 > Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >