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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=923030813-27082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Wow, what cheek. Why don't you save more time and ask
us to write your report, too?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=923030813-27082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you use an open source tool, you will need to dig out
the facts yourself, and you will need to avoid asking "qualitative" questions
(such as questions 2, 3, 4, 5, etc) and ask factual questions (like 1) that
don't requirement a judgment call.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=923030813-27082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The vendors who offer tools usually have sales
departments who will be happy to fill out your RFI forms.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=923030813-27082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>GLH</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Matthias.Anthes@dfs.de
[mailto:Matthias.Anthes@dfs.de] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 27, 2008
1:05 AM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] Antwort:
[hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg not recognizing DISK /autoyast
IGNORE<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Dear ladies and gentlemen,</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>momentanely I´am working on a concept for
monitoring tools which compares some montitoring tools in regard of the
requirements of our company.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Can
you tell me if the following requirements will be fulfilled by your
tool?</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(1) Open Source
Solution</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(2) Big community is
available</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(3) Documentation is at a
high quality</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(4) Tool is easy to
operate</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(5) The Tool configuration is
easy</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(6) HMI configuration is
easy</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(7) Background pictures can be
implementet</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(8) Support of SNMP
v1,v2,v3</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>(9) It is possible to call
scripts (shell scripts, perl scripts and so on)</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>(10) Definition of roles possible</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>(11) Processing of Traps possible</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>(12) Tool shall be extendable</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>(13) Longtime-monitoring shall be possible.</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Please can you checkmark these
items?</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I create a list with a lot
of features for the tools but unfortunately have some open points also for
your tool BigSister.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>So I would
ask you if you can make checkmarks to the open features if your tool will
fulfill the features.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Here they
are:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>1.
Alert-Form (mail, SMS, pager,….)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.
History of generated Status changes
displayable/archieveable</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>3.
Logging and Display of Performance data</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>4. Protocolls (snmp,
ssh,…)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>5. HW
support like VMWare, Cisco, Juniper, F5, Veritas, Nortel, EMC, NetApp…</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>6. Support of
geographic network maps</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>7.
redundancy by starting multiple instances possible</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>8. Real-time
diagnosis</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9.
Local tests by installing application on a client</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>10. history and reports</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>11. flexibility: Def.
of alarm thresholds and warning, HMI adaptable</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>12. User management</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>13. longterm monitoring</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>14. Availibility
report</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>15.
Virtualisation possible</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>16.
Templates available</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>17.
XML-Data-Import / Export</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>18. Application load distribution
on multiple hosts</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>19.
Integration of failure and performance monitoring</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Can you return the answer to my e-mail-account
please?</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>In hope of a quick answer
I send you many regards,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I need
this information urgently because I have to finish the concept on
friday</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Many regards,</FONT>
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