[Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds

[Martin Flemming]

Yep, i'm  also interesting for your stuff :-)

cheers,
 	martin

On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Cami wrote:

> Hi Scott,
>
> I'd like to second that. It would come in very useful at the moment.
>
> Regards,
> Cami
>
> On 2011/10/21 08:35 AM, Allan Jacobsen wrote:
>> Hi Scott
>> 
>> I would very much like to be able to monitor our F5s if I could get a copy 
>> of your scripts.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Allan Jacobsen
>> Danske Spil A/S
>> 
>>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>>> Fra: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På
>>> vegne af Scot Kreienkamp
>>> Sendt: 20. oktober 2011 15:11
>>> Til: Gore, David W (David); Vernon Everett; Xymon mailinglist
>>> Emne: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds
>>> 
>>> I've used both, although I've got little experience with Solarwinds.  From
>>> what I know of it you already hit the nail on the head.  Great for SNMP, 
>>> and
>>> that's the only way to poll.  So if you have a system where you can't turn 
>>> on
>>> SNMP, or the stats you want are unavailable via SNMP, then you can't
>>> monitor it.  Solarwinds is like any commercial product.  You can do what 
>>> they
>>> allow you to do and that's about it.  Xymon is infinitely extendable due 
>>> to
>>> Henrik's efforts in many areas and his early design decisions.  That's why 
>>> I run
>>> it.  Specifically in my case, there is no built in way to monitor an F5 
>>> load
>>> balancer in Solarwinds.  While that is also true of Xymon, I did spend a 
>>> few
>>> days writing a script that would interrogate an F5 and report all kinds of
>>> information back on its nodes, pools, and VIPs.  That would be MUCH more
>>> difficult to integrate with Solarwinds.  Also, while nobody has asked on 
>>> the
>>> list yet, I would offer it if someone did.  Community is a good thing to 
>>> have
>>>   .  On the other hand, the lack of professional support is frustrating at 
>>> times,
>>> so I wouldn't completely discount them wanting a product with professional
>>> support.
>>> 
>>> Also, it looks like at least one company has endeavored to professionally
>>> support Xymon, so that may be one way to nullify the support argument.
>>> 
>>> http://www.xymonmonitoring.com
>>> 
>>> Scot Kreienkamp
>>> skreien at la-z-boy.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com]
>>> On Behalf Of Gore, David W (David)
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:35 AM
>>> To: Vernon Everett; Xymon mailinglist
>>> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
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