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Network Monitoring Solutions
SOLUTIONS
Steven Borik
Corey Muniz
Brandon Irizarry
7/14/2015
PRE-PROJECT PREPARATION
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Monitoring PAW
Learning PK
Troubleshooting problems
PROJECT INTRODUCTION
Research
Research
Meetings
Meetings with
with
Stakeholders
Stakeholders
Implementing/Testing
Implementing/Testing
Top
Top Software
Software
PHASE 1 - RESEARCH
Paid Solution
Zenoss
Splunk
OpManager
Verax
Sensu
Server Density
Arturis
CopperEgg
MindArray
SolarWinds
Datadog
Pandora FMS
Argus-the all-seeing
IBM Tivoli
Kaseya Traverse
Open Source
Monit
Icinga
Nagios
Zenoss Core
Zabbix
Munin
Shinken
Monitorix
Opsview
openNMS
Observium
LibreNMS
PHASE 2 - MEETINGS
Phil
Phil Molter
Molter
Mark
Mark LaForest
LaForest
Ronald
Ronald Kauffman
Kauffman
Giganews
Giganews
LSAs
LSAs (Steven
(Steven Klestinect,
Klestinect, Chu
Chu Song,
Song, Thomas
Thomas Elrod,
Elrod, Matt
Matt Wash)
Wash)
Clay
Clay Bishop
Bishop
BrianCohen
BrianCohen
DataFoundry
DataFoundry William
William McCormick
McCormick
IT
IT
Chris
Chris Marsh
Marsh
Thomas
Thomas Adams
Adams
PHASE 3 - IMPLEMENTATION
Argus
Argus
PandoraFMS
PandoraFMS
Copper
Copper Egg
Egg
Zabbix
Zabbix
Icinga
Icinga
Zenoss
Zenoss
Observium
Observium
LibreNMS
LibreNMS
Mind
Mind Array
Array
Nagios
Nagios
SOFTWARE 1: LIBRENMS
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SOFTWARE 2: ZABBIX
Highly
Customizable
In-Depth
Graphing
Powerful Alerting
Clean UI
Minor MiB
Support
Very Resource
Dependent
Cons
SOFTWARE 3: ZENOSS
Pros
In-Depth SNMP-Walking
Comprehensive Solution for All
Departments
Complete Ticket Integration
ZenPacks
Cons
Paid Solution
PROS:
CONS:
Plugins
Steep Learning Curve
Lengthy Integration Process
Dated/Clunky UI
Weight
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Requirement
Zabbix
LibreNMS
Nagios
Zenoss
Agentless
Event Logging
Multilevel Alerting(more than up/down)
Plug-in Availability
Ticketing Integration
Customizable Graphing GUI
Open Source
Ease of Set-Up
IPv6
Quality of Presentation
Customizable Dashboards
Aggregate Graphing
Monitoring Dockers
Application Monitoring
Quality of Individual Alerts
Service Monitoring
Support
Alert Reporting
Ease of writing plugins
Vendor Device Support (MIBS)
Departament Uniformity
Network/Device Mapping
Slack/IRC integration
Inventory Management
SLA Reporting
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454!
WINNER!