Open-Source Network Management Tools

Wed Sep 15 07:16:15 UTC 2004

In reality, to get best results, use some combination of few such systems.
All have string sides and weak sides.
(For example, snmpstat shows excellent network view, allowing to see exactly
what is going on, and shows good unlimited traffic patterns, such as average
packet size etc, have embedded tickets and reports,  but have hardcoded set
of parameters so if you want something out of it's scope, it's not enough.
Others, such as nagual or cricket, allows to monitor everything but can not
show
system overview and do not have usage reports. )

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucas Iglesias" <l.iglesias at tiba.com>
To: "'Claydon, Tom'" <Tom.Claydon at DobsonTelco.net>; <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: RE: Open-Source Network Management Tools

>
> We have been using JFFNMS (http://www.jffnms.org) for the last 2 years and
> works just great.
> You can monitor almost anything you'd like to via SNMP (we currently use
it
> to graph Traffic, Drops, Input Errors, RTT, Packet Loss, CPU, Memory,
> Temperature, TCP Connections, BGP, etc). And has email/paging
capabilities.
>
> Try it out and let me know.
>
> Luckas.-
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]En nombre de
> Claydon, Tom
> Enviado el: Martes, 14 de Septiembre de 2004 04:48 p.m.
> Para: nanog at merit.edu
> Asunto: Open-Source Network Management Tools
>
>
>
> I'm looking for open-source alternatives for network management, such as
> Nagios or Big Brother. We are currently using WhatsUp Gold, and would
> like to move to something more flexible (and not running on a Windows
> platform). Something that has email/paging capabilities, and can process
> SNMP traps would be a plus for us as well.
>
> Recommendations?
>
> Thanks.