RE: Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS

2013-03-09 Thread Scott Berkman
I'm a big fan of Zenoss and have been using it in production for over 5 years in various environments and across different releases. Very mature open source project with commercial support options and plugins. People I know that came from OpenNMS prefer Zenoss once they get some time with it, and

Re: Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS

2013-03-08 Thread Jeff Gehlbach
On 03/08/2013 11:55 AM, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > I did use OpenNMS for a while before switching to InterMapper, but > ONMS's discovery/mapping was very broken at the time, it was a PITA > to set up and manage and I don't know if it's gotten much getter in > the last couple of years since. Hey Jason

Re: Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS

2013-03-08 Thread Brett Lykins
I would second Cacti as a great extensible resource, (with Threshold, Monitor, and Weathermap plugins) with the caveat that it almost requires someone on the team to take it on as a hobby if you want to get the most out of it. You really need someone who loves to tinker, (and has the time) but the

RE: Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS

2013-03-08 Thread Jeffrey Negro
I've always had a love/hate relationship with Cacti for this type of thing. If you have the Monitor, Threshold, and Weathermap plugins installed, it's very extensible and would probably meet your needs well. Weathermap has a decent in-app designer that has a Visio feel. The hate part comes wh

Re: Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS

2013-03-08 Thread Jason Lixfeld
I'd also be very interested in what's out there. I have similar grievances with InterMapper, but at this point, it sucks far less than anything else I've tried. I just poked around NetBrain's site and am immediately deterred by it's reliance on a Windows backend, so that's out for me. I did u

Re: Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS

2013-03-08 Thread David Barak
I like intermapper for monitoring: it's been very stable, and exports traps and notifications well. I also like netbrain for troubleshooting and mapmaking, because its visualization is engineer and manager-friendly. David Barak Sent from a mobile device, please forgive autocorrection and top p