[Xymon] why do you use xymon?

[Josh Luthman]

I'm familiar with an educational organization that uses Big Brother
(Quest) and has not been pleased with their support at all, to say the
least.

This list has provided excellent support for me using Xymon.  Didn't
even cost beer money, it was simply offered.

Josh Luthman
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Sean MacGuire <sean at maclawran.ca> wrote:
> Jones, Elizabeth wrote:
>>
>> Would any of you mind telling me why you use xymon? I have a co-worker who
>> is pushing hard for zenoss, and his arguments include “gui discovery tool”,
>> “no hand editing of config files”, “it is an enterprise level monitoring
>> system and you can buy support and bring in a consultant to set it up for
>> you”, and the ever popular “everyone is using zenoss now”.
>
>
> GUI discovery tool is nice.
> No Hand editing of config files is nice too.
>
> If you're desperate to give people money, you can buy Big Brother
> from Quest (hey, it's Xymon compatible!)
>
> Buying support and consulting? - If you need it, I'm sure even
> the original author of Big Brother could provide it... or any
> number of people on the list.
>
> Ultimately, I've found the best way to handle these situations
> is to run the systems in parallel, monitoring the same things
> at the same time.  Choose N systems.
>
> A winner will emerge quite clearly, and I'm sure if you need
> any help the list will prevail :)
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