[Xymon] [XYMON] New sever with Solaris or Linux

[Asif Iqbal]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Gautier Begin <gbegin at csc.com> wrote:
> Elisabeth,
>
> I'm currently using  XYMON 4.3.0.0 beta without any problem  . The server is
> running under a Solaris 10 zone and have about 600 agents (a mix of Windows
> -BBWIN-, Linux, AIX and Solaris).
>
> I want to install a new XYMON server (version 4.3.7) in order to validate a
> new architecture with more agents (at least 1000 and up to 6000), devmon
> module and xymonproxy (to make communicate diff. networks easily).
>
> I can bear on both Solaris and Linux experts (they say, use Ubuntu or
> CentOS). But they are discovering the new Solaris 11 that seems to be a
> different OS than previous versions.
>
> The test server will be VM (VMware) or a Solaris zone.
>
> We are using VNX SAN disks. I can use Solaris T2000 or T4, or HP device for
> VM.


well, for sun4v solaris would be the only choice.


>
> Cordialement, Regards,Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
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> Gautier BEGIN
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> From:        Elizabeth Schwartz <betsy.schwartz at gmail.com>
> To:        xymon at xymon.com
> Date:        01/25/2012 08:50 PM
> Subject:        Re: [Xymon] [XYMON] New sever with Solaris or Linux
> Sent by:        xymon-bounces at xymon.com
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> What else is in use at your site? Are you for-profit? How important is cost
> vs support availability?  What hardware do you have?
>
> I'm a huge believer in keeping the number of operating systems low. You can
> leverage local expertise and local config management systems and
> repositories.
>
> This isn't the place to talk about what Oracle's done to Solaris so I'll
> just say there doesn't seem to be any technical reason to want to run
> Solaris for xymon. Most FOSS is developed under Linux these days which means
> that most tools install more seamlessly on Linux. I'd consider using Solaris
> for a Xymon server only if you've got a primarily-Solaris shop to begin
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