No worries cause your answer wasn't totally wrong :) >From my POV PRTG is nearly a 100% solution and you do not need much more tools >to get an good view of your running inventory. Beside PRTG we're only running >some tools for flow analysis, NetApp storage analysis, etc. In sum we're >running <5 tools to monitor EVERYTHING (hardware, software, datacentre infra, >etc).
Jürgen Jaritsch Head of Network & Infrastructure ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH Telefon: +43-5-0556-300 Telefax: +43-5-0556-500 E-Mail: j...@anexia.at Web: http://www.anexia.at Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT U63216601 -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Satchell [l...@satchell.net] Received: Sonntag, 14 Juni 2015, 20:03 To: nanog@nanog.org [nanog@nanog.org] Subject: Re: Hardware monitoring Appreciate the amplification. Cunningham's Law: "The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer." On 06/14/2015 10:46 AM, Jürgen Jaritsch wrote: >> This is a product designed for use on Windows only, > > No. The monitoring itself requires windows as OS but only for the Mgmt > service, DB service, etc. You do not need a client (like for Nagios/etc) to > monitor other systems. You simply monitor devices via http (e.g. APIs, etc) > or SNMP, etc. You can also integrate other coding languages (Perl, PHP, C++, > etc) if you need something unsupported. > > > Jürgen Jaritsch > Head of Network & Infrastructure > > ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH > > Telefon: +43-5-0556-300 > Telefax: +43-5-0556-500 > > E-Mail: j...@anexia.at > Web: http://www.anexia.at > > Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt > Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler > Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT U63216601 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Satchell [l...@satchell.net] > Received: Sonntag, 14 Juni 2015, 19:37 > To: nanog@nanog.org [nanog@nanog.org] > Subject: Re: Hardware monitoring > > On 06/14/2015 10:23 AM, Jürgen Jaritsch wrote: >> We're using PRTG from Paessler (http://www.paessler.com). > > This is a product designed for use on Windows only, no mention of ports > to other operating systems. For some people, this is fine. For others, > who don't want to mess with Windows at all, it's a concern. > > Looking at some of the product sheets, it looks boss at what it does. > In particular, the "David Letterman" view is an interesting quick > snapshot look at what is going on. >