[Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds

[Vernon Everett]

Why is it not on Xymonton?
:-)

On 21 October 2011 14:35, Allan Jacobsen <aja at danskespil.dk> 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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