[Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds

[Gore, David W (David)]

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