[Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Excellent! Thank you!

On 10/21/2011 09:43 AM, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:
> Well, really because I didn't think there was any interest.  I asked the
> list sometime back if anyone had ever attempted anything or wanted to
> try it with me and didn't get any replies.  So I thought it was just too
> specialized of a use case. 
> 
> Let me go through the script and add a few comments, clean a few things
> up, and I'll post it on Xymonton. 
> 
> Scot Kreienkamp
> 
> skreien at la-z-boy.com
> 
>  
> 
> *From:*xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Vernon Everett
> *Sent:* Friday, October 21, 2011 7:43 AM
> *To:* Allan Jacobsen
> *Cc:* Xymon mailinglist
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds
> 
>  
> 
> Why is it not on Xymonton?
> 
> :-)
> 
> On 21 October 2011 14:35, Allan Jacobsen <aja at danskespil.dk
> <mailto: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>
> [mailto: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 <mailto:skreien at la-z-boy.com>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>
> [mailto: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>
> [mailto: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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