Why is it not on Xymonton?<div>:-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 October 2011 14:35, Allan Jacobsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aja@danskespil.dk">aja@danskespil.dk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi Scott<br>
<br>
I would very much like to be able to monitor our F5s if I could get a copy of your scripts.<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
Allan Jacobsen<br>
Danske Spil A/S<br>
<br>
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> vegne af Scot Kreienkamp<br>
> Sendt: 20. oktober 2011 15:11<br>
> Til: Gore, David W (David); Vernon Everett; Xymon mailinglist<br>
> Emne: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds<br>
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> I've used both, although I've got little experience with Solarwinds. From<br>
> what I know of it you already hit the nail on the head. Great for SNMP, and<br>
> that's the only way to poll. So if you have a system where you can't turn on<br>
> SNMP, or the stats you want are unavailable via SNMP, then you can't<br>
> monitor it. Solarwinds is like any commercial product. You can do what they<br>
> allow you to do and that's about it. Xymon is infinitely extendable due to<br>
> Henrik's efforts in many areas and his early design decisions. That's why I run<br>
> it. Specifically in my case, there is no built in way to monitor an F5 load<br>
> balancer in Solarwinds. While that is also true of Xymon, I did spend a few<br>
> days writing a script that would interrogate an F5 and report all kinds of<br>
> information back on its nodes, pools, and VIPs. That would be MUCH more<br>
> difficult to integrate with Solarwinds. Also, while nobody has asked on the<br>
> list yet, I would offer it if someone did. Community is a good thing to have<br>
> . On the other hand, the lack of professional support is frustrating at times,<br>
> so I wouldn't completely discount them wanting a product with professional<br>
> support.<br>
><br>
> Also, it looks like at least one company has endeavored to professionally<br>
> support Xymon, so that may be one way to nullify the support argument.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.xymonmonitoring.com" target="_blank">http://www.xymonmonitoring.com</a><br>
><br>
> Scot Kreienkamp<br>
> <a href="mailto:skreien@la-z-boy.com">skreien@la-z-boy.com</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</a>]<br>
> On Behalf Of Gore, David W (David)<br>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:35 AM<br>
> To: Vernon Everett; Xymon mailinglist<br>
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds<br>
><br>
> May be a bit beyond the point at this time Vernon but you may want to point<br>
> your client to this page:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://support.sas.com/rnd/emi/Xymon/index.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/rnd/emi/Xymon/index.html</a><br>
><br>
> If Xymon is good enough for a billion dollar company perhaps it is good<br>
> enough for your client. Perhaps making smart decisions on how they spend<br>
> their money is part of the reason they are billion dollar company.<br>
><br>
> I have never heard of SolarWinds but we are just a support group with no<br>
> money so there is no reason to look beyond Xymon.<br>
><br>
> ~David<br>
><br>
><br>
> From: <a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</a>]<br>
> On Behalf Of Vernon Everett<br>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 03:17<br>
> To: Xymon mailinglist<br>
> Subject: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds<br>
><br>
> Hi guys<br>
><br>
> I have a client that dislikes open source software. They feel it's "out of<br>
> control", there's no support, and no backup.<br>
> They prefer something where they can get "professional" support, and<br>
> licensed software and all the crap we have all heard before.<br>
> Somebody at the top, decided that SolarWinds is the corporate standard.<br>
> From what I have read, it's SNMP based, so great for network, and stuff<br>
> running SNMP, but not so good for anything else.<br>
><br>
> Has anybody had any hands-on experience with both Solarwinds and Xymon,<br>
> who can give me a short breakdown of the advantages and disadvantages of<br>
> Solarwinds compared to Xymon?<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
> Vernon<br>
><br>
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