[Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds

[Allan Jacobsen]

Hi Scott

I would very much like to be able to monitor our F5s if I could get a copy of your scripts.

Best regards
Allan Jacobsen
Danske Spil A/S

> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På
> vegne af Scot Kreienkamp
> Sendt: 20. oktober 2011 15:11
> Til: Gore, David W (David); Vernon Everett; Xymon mailinglist
> Emne: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds
> 
> I've used both, although I've got little experience with Solarwinds.  From
> what I know of it you already hit the nail on the head.  Great for SNMP, and
> that's the only way to poll.  So if you have a system where you can't turn on
> SNMP, or the stats you want are unavailable via SNMP, then you can't
> monitor it.  Solarwinds is like any commercial product.  You can do what they
> allow you to do and that's about it.  Xymon is infinitely extendable due to
> Henrik's efforts in many areas and his early design decisions.  That's why I run
> it.  Specifically in my case, there is no built in way to monitor an F5 load
> balancer in Solarwinds.  While that is also true of Xymon, I did spend a few
> days writing a script that would interrogate an F5 and report all kinds of
> information back on its nodes, pools, and VIPs.  That would be MUCH more
> difficult to integrate with Solarwinds.  Also, while nobody has asked on the
> list yet, I would offer it if someone did.  Community is a good thing to have
>  .  On the other hand, the lack of professional support is frustrating at times,
> so I wouldn't completely discount them wanting a product with professional
> support.
> 
> Also, it looks like at least one company has endeavored to professionally
> support Xymon, so that may be one way to nullify the support argument.
> 
> http://www.xymonmonitoring.com
> 
> Scot Kreienkamp
> skreien at la-z-boy.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com]
> On Behalf Of Gore, David W (David)
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:35 AM
> To: Vernon Everett; Xymon mailinglist
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds
> 
> May be a bit beyond the point at this time Vernon but you may want to point
> your client to this page:
> 
> http://support.sas.com/rnd/emi/Xymon/index.html
> 
> If Xymon is good enough for a billion dollar company perhaps it is good
> enough for your client.  Perhaps making smart decisions on how they spend
> their money is part of the reason they are billion dollar company.
> 
> I have never heard of SolarWinds but we are just a support group with no
> money so there is no reason to look beyond Xymon.
> 
> ~David
> 
> 
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com]
> On Behalf Of Vernon Everett
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 03:17
> To: Xymon mailinglist
> Subject: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds
> 
> Hi guys
> 
> I have a client that dislikes open source software. They feel it's "out of
> control", there's no support, and no backup.
> They prefer something where they can get "professional" support, and
> licensed software and all the crap we have all heard before.
> Somebody at the top, decided that SolarWinds is the corporate standard.
> From what I have read, it's SNMP based, so great for network, and stuff
> running SNMP, but not so good for anything else.
> 
> Has anybody had any hands-on experience with both Solarwinds and Xymon,
> who can give me a short breakdown of the advantages and disadvantages of
> Solarwinds compared to Xymon?
> 
> Regards
>     Vernon
> 
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