OpenNMS is ok, depending on your needs. At the level we've
needed it to
scale, it's failed miserably. We've also had reliability
issues with
it, but some are associated with it's scaling issues.
Tom
Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 12:16:28PM -0400, Gary T.
Giesen wrote:
>
>>I'm looking at depolying an open source-based NMS
solution, and I'm
>>looking at a couple products, mostly OpenNMS (http://www.opennms.org)
>>and Zenoss (http://www.zenoss.org). I
like the looks of Zenoss, but
>>I've never really heard of it and I'm wondering if
anyone has any
>>experiences with it that they can share before I go
and spend hours on
>>an install/configuration. Is there something wrong
with it, and that's
>>why I've never heard of anyone using it? Am I just
out of the loop?
>>Even better would be someone who's used both
products and could give
>>me a quick comparison. I'd also welcome suggestions
of another product
>>(as long as it's not bb, nagios, or hobbit) that I
should be looking
>>at.
>
>
> OpenNMS is rock solid. It's definitely not as easy to
configure as some of
> the others (especially as far as graphing is
concerned), but it's getting
> better. Incredibly reliable however, and scales
extremely well.
>
> Very helpful mailing list also.
>
> I'd definitely recommend giving it a test run.
>
> Ray
>
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