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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>More comparison needed. It is possible for Nagios to
perform the following if configured?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Performance Management </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Gather and store performance statistics for servers and
network devices</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Provide a searchable database of statistics with a report
generator capability</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Standard MIBs that are integrated into the tool
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Other Management Features</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Capability to integrate custom scripts that perform oracle
SQL queries, process checks into a common alarm display</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Integrate trouble ticket and asset records with server and
network monitoring features</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>User Interface </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Store and retrieve resolved alarms in a searchable
database</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Reformatting and display of complex alarms
for special use</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Provide an interface to control what aspects of the
platform individual users/user groups can access</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956552020-10012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Ability for users to launch scripts used for system
management monitoring/control functions (graphing SNMP traffic,
etc)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN
class=956552020-10012005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>George<SPAN class=956552020-10012005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Yates,
George D, GVSOL<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 10, 2005 1:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Nagios-users]
comparison<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm a system engineer at a firm that is looking at
its current system management platform and is looking for alternatives. I was
considering Nagios but what to compare it to the features that our current
system provide. Could you tell me if Nagios can provide the following for
us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Network Monitoring/Alarm Features:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Ability to discover and store all IP addresses
within the system using fully qualified DNS names</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Ability to detect if any IP address is down
to generate a management alarm. Detect when a downed IP is restored to
service.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Ability to use (MIBs) Management Information Base
to capture key statistics</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Alarm generation based on MIB threshold
statistics</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Tools to manage MIBs (MIB browser) and make
config changes. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Graphical interface to organize alarms status
indicators</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Alarm correlation to manage event
floods</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sever Monitoring/Management Features</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Monitor any number of logfiles on a server for
error codes/patter matching</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Detection of utilization threshold events for
file systems, memory and CPU</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Monitor a configurable list of software apps for
running status</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Tools to allow system admin to efficiently change
any of the monitoring config files on a large number of servers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Generate alarms for any condition threshold that
is exceeded. Alarms are sent to a single user display.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Automatically invoke scripts when selected
condition threshold conditions are met</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Server monitoring by intelligent agents, only
alarms are sent to central server (bandwidth, alarm persistence and reliability
benefit)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you could tell me, out of those bullets, which
ones Nagios can perform or can't?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mr. Yates</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>George D. Yates</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Systems Engineer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>443-259-8127</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>gdyates@ems.att.com</FONT></DIV>
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