Network configuration archiving

Jon Lewis jlewis at lewis.org
Fri Oct 25 04:11:22 UTC 2013


Or use perfectly good (RANCID + cvsweb) free software.  Hmm.

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013, Kenneth McRae wrote:

> 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 ?
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 21:45, Kenneth McRae <kenneth.mcrae at dreamhost.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>
>

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