Monitoring Solutions

Started by Nerm, December 12, 2016, 08:02:54 AM

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Nerm

December 12, 2016, 08:02:54 AM
I am in the process of looking into some new monitoring solutions for work. What we currently have is kind of reaching the wall of its capabilities with our size and projected growth. My boss is wanting me to research solutions that can monitor/event log/alert on all aspects of the network not just the infrastructure which is all we currently monitor with our existing solution. For example we monitor infrastructure devices (routers/switches/etc) and VM host infrastructure, but we don't really monitor the individual VM servers currently.

I am curious as to what some of you guys have used and what you liked or didn't about them.

deanwebb

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December 12, 2016, 08:20:52 AM
Spiceworks! :problem?:

But seriously, folks... you may need to get several solutions for different sorts of things to monitor and then pipe them all to the same syslog server, where you can set up a report/dashboard to look at everything collectively.

I like Orion better than NNMI on account we actually had Orion working before we switched to NNMI.
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icecream-guy

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December 12, 2016, 10:34:43 AM
NNMi here too,  (do we need a HP NNMi group?) lol.  Personally, other than jumping for email alerts,  I'm more involved with the HP Network Automation solution.

probably is out of your price range, lots of companies use solarwinds. I have not. hear it's pretty good though. and pretty cheap.
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mmcgurty

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December 12, 2016, 10:37:26 AM
We used to be a NAGIOS shop but we are being moved to Solarwinds NPM.  We have always used Splunk for log aggregation and the entire company has moved in that direction now so we have a big beefy license to start pushing things to from our puny Networking server (500Mb daily license?).  We also just purchased LiveAction and we also use Lancope StealthWatch for its Netflow.

EOS

#4
December 12, 2016, 10:55:03 AM
+1 for Solarwinds.

Check out a demo or two.

mlan

#5
December 12, 2016, 12:23:21 PM
We also use Solarwinds Orion NPM, and other teams leverage the platform for additional modules (SAM, VMware, etc.).

Nerm

#6
December 12, 2016, 01:15:11 PM
I can't really say I am surprised by Solarwinds being popular. In the past I have never worked anywhere that could afford Solarwinds but budget is less of a concern in my current job. Anybody have any drawbacks or things you don't like about Solarwinds?

LynK

#7
December 12, 2016, 01:30:04 PM
Nerm,

Solarwinds is extremely affordable. Around 4.7k for 100 interfaces list. You can get like a 40% discount off of that. That is for NTA/NPM.
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Nerm

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December 12, 2016, 02:10:20 PM Last Edit: December 12, 2016, 02:12:31 PM by Nerm
Maybe it is just me but nearly $5k for only 100 interfaces doesn't seem all that affordable. As a comparison PRTG can do 1,000 interfaces for under $3k. Not saying we can't afford Solarwinds just saying from my point of view I don't see it being that cost effective in comparison to other products. What I am trying to find out is what am I getting for that higher price.

EDIT: Keep in mind I have been in the enterprise space for less than a year. I spent most of my career consulting with SMB's with MUCH smaller budgets, so my "affordability" opinion could be skewed to begin with.
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