Network configuration archiving

Fri Oct 25 04:08:12 UTC 2013

By device or you can purchase an unlimited device count..
On Oct 24, 2013 8:59 PM, "Tammy Firefly" <tammy-lists at wiztech.biz> wrote:

> Is that licensed per device or per user out of curiosity ?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Oct 24, 2013, at 21:45, Kenneth McRae <kenneth.mcrae at dreamhost.com>
> wrote:
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> > Hiw about SolarWinds Config Mgmt software?
> > On Oct 24, 2013 8:38 PM, "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Job Snijders <
> >> job.snijders at hibernianetworks.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>> I am unsure what we as networkers have done in the past, but I am sure
> >>> we've done our fair share of atonement and don't have to keep using
> >>> RANCID.
> >>
> >> Does the nature of the codebase and future development matter all that
> >> much?    Not to dismiss it as a factor,   but I think other criteria
> should
> >> be more important  :)
> >>
> >> Nrmally  when I would want to compare software ----   I would be
> concerned
> >> first and foremost,     (1)  What does it do/what makes it unique --  is
> >> something special about  package X  over package Y?;
> >> (2)   Does it meet all the  minimum needs I have right now to be a
> viable
> >> solution?
> >>           Does it grab all my configs and  put them in a permanent
> >> revision control system?  :)
> >>
> >> (3) How reliable is it,  can I trust it?   Is it very secure and safe to
> >> use?    It's no good if it breaks, fails,  or does something dangerous.
> >> How much care and feeding will it need to keep working?          If it
> >> needs complex repair work every few weeks,  I don't like it.
> >>
> >> (4) How easy is it to get up and running,  and to perform any required
> >> ongoing maintenance
> >> (5) What extra nice to have functionality does it have?
> >>
> >>
> >> (6)  Maybe other stuff like  what language its written in,  if extra
> >> features need to be added
> >>
> >> --
> >> -JH
> >>
>