I run OpenNMS currently, and the one problem I have is it's very peculiar -- one might say academic -- terminology and structure. It's not a point-and-click interface, despite being web-based. Instead, you must wrangle with pollers and responders and notifiers. Eventually I got my head around it, but it's still pretty painful to use. I run a mix of Cactus, Intermapper, and PRTG, with PRTG a very nice commercial product that offers a free version supporting up to 100 sensors. -mel ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Daniel Lacey <daniel.p.lacey@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 10:04:59 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: What NMS do you use and why? Take a look at opennms.org Scales very well. Lots of API hooks for integration with other data sources and applications. It is open source and they offer paid support services, one-time (e.g. setup and training) or on-going support contracts. On 8/15/18 7:49 AM, Colton Conor wrote:
We are looking for a new network monitoring system. Since there are so many operators on this list, I would like to know which NMS do you use and why? Is there one that you really like, and others that you hate?
For free options (opensouce), LibreNMS and NetXMS come highly recommended by many wireless ISPs on low budgets. However, I am not sure the commercial options available nor their price points.