[NCSA-discuss] Network Monitoring preferences

[Matt Pusateri]

Hello fellow sysadmins,

I'm curious to know if you were to deploy a network monitoring solution 
similar to Nagios or OpenNMS, what would be your preferred method of 
deployment?  Also what type of environment are you in Windows shop, 
Linux/FOSS shop, mixed?

A. A VMware image, or state your preferred virtual software program.

B. An ISO image that you could burn and then could have an automated 
install that not only put the network software on, but installed a 
preconfigured OS as well.

C. A hardware appliance, that could be purchased.


I realize this is all rather vague, just wanting to get some feed back 
on how people would rather deploy software solutions.


Matt P.