[hobbit] Hobbit -vs- BB4

[Jeffrey Chandler]

Has anyone used the professional version of Big Brother?  I switched from
the Open Source version of BB to Hobbit and haven't looked back.

Jeff

On 3/6/07, Hubbard, Greg L <greg.hubbard at eds.com> wrote:
>
> When I switched from BB to Hobbit to monitor a few tool servers, the CPU
> usage on the monitoring server dropped significantly for the same
> workload.  But for my money, one of the biggest wins in Hobbit is the
> integration of RRD graphics throughout, and the ease of which you can
> add your own tests with their own trend graphs.  Unless BB has played a
> thorough game of catch-up, your management is planning to pay more to
> get less, just so they can hold some vendor "accountable".
>
> Just my own opinion, of course -- I speak for no one else.
>
> GLH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A. Price [mailto:mprice at hst.nasa.gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:53 PM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit -vs- BB4
>
>
>
> I currently use hobbit and devmon and love them both...
>
> But the management I work for doesnt like the idea of opensource
> monitoring everything, they dont understand.
> So they are pushing me towards BB4 instead... I have never used BB4 and
> dont want to...
>
> I heard they are both the same...
>
> So I figured I would ask my fellow users, why is hobbit better??? I need
> to make a god argument for this...
>
> thanks, michael
>
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