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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=733464918-20092007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Those don't sound like requirements. They
sound like some kind of sales blurb from somebody's product. It
sounds like the decision has already been made by whomever gave you those
"requirements". I would just buy the product who's sales brochure they
originated from, otherwise the requirements-specifier-person will probably not
be happy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com
[mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday,
September 20, 2007 12:39 PM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[hobbit] Requirements<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial>I am not sure if anyone can
help - I have been reading through the documentation on the web site - but I
don't want to unfairly critic the application just because I have not run across
the information yet. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial>I have a list of
requirements that need to be met and I was hoped someone with more expert
knowledge of <SPAN class=842083818-20092007>Hobbit</SPAN> can tell me
whether it meets these requirements or not.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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width=363></FONT>
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<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; WIDTH: 272pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
width=363 height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Auto-discovery of
inventory</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Comprehensive Monitoring
data</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Live View of monitored
instances</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Major Enterprise Application
monitoring</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Alert generation and
notification</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>support MS platforms, UNIX
(Linux, Solaris),MAC</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>VMware
monitoring</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Web-based server
configuration</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Enterprise edition
(license+support cost)</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Online
Documentation</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Web-based GUI
presentation</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Secured data
communication</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Graphical representation of data
collected</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Web login authentication
required</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Alarm threshold
configuration</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Networking device
monitoring</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>High availability (Cluster
capability)</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Logical
grouping</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Robustness and
Scalability</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Root cause
analysis</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Event/log
tracking</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style="HEIGHT: 18pt" height=24>
<TD class=xl24
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 18pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
height=24><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Plug-ins</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=314234717-20092007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank in Advance for
any information you can provide! We will be using the monitor for UNIX
(Sun, HP, Linux, True64), Windows, VMS systems and
emulators.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sese (Adelaide)
Elmer</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>UNIX and VMS Systems
Administrator<BR></FONT><A title=mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com
href="BLOCKED::mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com"><FONT
title=mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com face=Arial
size=2>Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com</FONT></A></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sese (Adelaide)
Elmer</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>UNIX and VMS Systems
Administrator<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Adelaide.J.Elmer.Contractor@pmusa.com</FONT></A></DIV></DIV>
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