check_by_ssh, snmp, and nrpe; Oh my!

[Demetri Mouratis]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Marc Belanger wrote:

> 250 devices total. My questions are simple, I know the answers are not.
>
> I cannot use SSH on all of those, so I realize I'm going to have to use
> nrpe, or snmp. I'm leaning toward snmp on everything (removing the
> check_by_ssh stuff), but wanted to hear from the group first.
>
> Are there other options?
> What is the cleaner method? [nrpe|snmp|other]
> What option has less of a network footprint?
> Which is more secure? Securable?
> Which is more scalable if my hosts double from ~250->500?
> Which is a waste of time for ~250-500 hosts?
> Which is cooler in that whole "ooooo, nagios with xxxx <drool, drool,
> drool>" category?
>

SNMP is sort of the "old school" way.  It fits in well in your environment
because of the heterogeneous network.  Still, SSH is still a contendor for
all your Solaris stuff.  SNMP is not particularly reliable or secure with
UDP transport and unencrypted traffic.  It's also, as a result, lighter
weight.

One thing I like about the SSH approach is the ability to leverage in
event handlers.  That way, you not only find out about the problem but you
can fix it.
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