From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9562 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 14:04:27 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 6 Dec 2004 14:04:27 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CbJTX-00022X-5j for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:04:27 +0000 Received: (qmail 10549 invoked by uid 89); 6 Dec 2004 14:04:09 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 17062 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 14:04:09 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:04:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 24.73.161.102 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041115) Sender: news Subject: [gentoo-user] Cacti vs JFFNMS X-Archives-Salt: 3b03d466-79cb-4f20-878f-3c4e433ce451 X-Archives-Hash: be1d33f851c4510542b5944442ae152d Hello, I'm searching for a new network management system (tired of MRTG) that will allow for the management of systems, routers, and various SNMP(1-3) devices. JFFNMS and Cacti are the closest packages I have found. Cacti is implemented as an ebuild, while JFFNMS lists an ebuild as a 'todo' item. JFFNMS can also be ran on top of postgresql, for aggressive and large backend database installations. Installation aside, I'd like to know if anyone has any experience with either ofthese 2 packages, what you like/dislike and why. If you have q heterogeneous device management software package, that you feel is better than either JFFNMS or Cacti, then I'd like to know 'why' it's better, and how difficult is it to set up. Nagios gets pretty good reviews, and I like the HVAC (heating ventilation & air conditioning) hack via Esensors even though it is SOLD and not Opensource. However, Nagios is just now moving to php on top of rrdtools, so it's gui is likely to be in flux for a year or two. What do you use and why is it wonderful? James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list