That's a pretty heavy question. There are only several hundred products to
choose from out there. I'll pass along info I have reguarding packages the
I'm familiar with.
If you want free there is NetSaint. It runs on Linux and it very versatile
however configuring it is still labor intensive and if you're not
comforatble with Linux you may spend alot of time and not get much from it.
Available from SourceForge at http://netsaint.sourceforge.net/
There is also the open network management system that is available for free.
I don't know anything about it but their web site is http://www.opennms.org
. This software is free and most likely runs on Linux and/or Unix.
We use a product call WhatsUp Gold made by IPSwitch. I find it effective in
mopnitoring netowrk devices and port availablity. It has a nice web
interface and isn't too terribly expensive. I runs on WinNT. I don't think
it is as effective monitoring servers and applications as some other
products. Last I checked approx $700.00, this may have changed so don't
quote me on that. http://ipswitch.com
We also use a product call SiteScope made by Freshwater software out of
Boulder, CO. http://www.freshwater.com I administer this product and I'm
VERY familiar with it. It runs on Win NT or Sun Solaris 2.6. The NT install
is a breeze. The Solaris install is much more involved as you need to add a
number of other packages to Solaris first, but the actual SiteScope install
script has worked beautifully for me. It has a very simple web interface and
I was able to figure out how to use it and start creating monitors in about
45 minutes. Cost varies depending upon how many monitors you need to setup
but the pricing info is available on their web site. You can download a free
10 day trial of the software if you like. Personal opinion, SiteScope is
easier to configure and has a nicer interface than WhatsUp Gold. SiteScope
really excells at monitoring servers, applications, and websites. It does
have the ability to monitor network devices and can perform SNMP gets but
WhatsUp may be stronger in this area.
When I was still on active duty and stationed at the Air Force Research Lab
we had a producted call NetHealth made by Concord. It ran on a Solaris
workstation. I don't know what other platforms it runs on. It think this
provided great reports concerning network devices and was very useful for
trend analysis but it provided no realtime alerts if a device went down. I
also, at the time, didn't have a web interface although I strongly suspect
this has changed by now.
At the Air Force Research Lab I also administered Spectrum made by
Cabletron. This is a very heavy duty network monitoring tool similiar in
function to HP Openview. Very expensive, ran on Solaris, and quite time
consuming. Just as HP Openview is. This is probably over kill for your
organization.
If you have any other questions you can e-mail me directly at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope this info has been useful.
Tom Schonborg
JPSS Inc. - Sandia National Laboratories Contractor
(505)844-5753
--
There are two major products that come out of Berkley: LSD and Unix. We
don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: May 09, 2001 6:52 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: vnc intermittently slow
As a follow-on to this problem, but a bit off the subject -
We too are beginning to implement VNC within our IT shop. We have all
Windows based computers.
Win 95 on the desktops (soon to be Win2000 Pro) and Windows NT 4.0sp3
servers.
I'm am interested in monitoring network traffic - does anyone have a
utility/tool/method they recommend (preferrably a free one!).
I need something to quickly isolate network problems or rule out/pinpoint
the network as a possible problem - troubleshooting... basically. Any
advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe Campbell
Express-1, Inc.
429 Post Road
Buchanan, Michigan 49107
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Miksis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: vnc intermittently slow
I am running Xvnc over a small 10/100 LAN. When it's working, everything is
great and the speed is near real-time.
However, intermittently it just gets REALLY slow. This cannot be fixed by
killing and restarting either the client (running on Windows) or the server
(running on RH Linux). Also, this is a very small LAN (3 machines) and I
have checked everything I can to eliminate any cases of something suddenly
running that hogs either the CPU cycles or the LAN bandwidth.
After some time (hours or days) it just resumes running fast without
changing anything. What could I be missing???
Mark
vnc 3.3.3r2
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