[Xymon] why do you use xymon?

[Jamison Maxwell]

>> Would any of you mind telling me why you use xymon?

1.	It's amazingly simple to use.  
2.	Something that irritates me about most monitoring systems, although I'm not familiar with zenoss, is that they don't keep trending data, Xymon does.
3.	Client OS agnostic
4.	What the heck is wrong with editing text files?  Did that fall out of vogue when I wasn't looking? 
4 1/2.	All of its configuration is in text files instead of being buried in nine pages of GUI wizards
5.	Highly customizable, as in external scripts and utilities are very, very easy to add
6.	Excellent documentation
7.	Very active community who are very willing to help (provided you read the man pages), and who come up with great external scripts.
8.	clientless monitoring is possible (albeit limited, but you can still make sure your website is up!)




Jamison Maxwell
Jamison at newasterisk.com

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 9:22 PM
To: Sean MacGuire
Cc: Xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] why do you use xymon?

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
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373


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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