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[edit] A short comparison between the most common network monitoring systems
| Name | Charts | SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agent [1] | SNMP | Syslog | External Scripts [2] | Plugins [3] | Plugin Creation [4] | Triggers / Alerts [5] | WebApp [6] | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Data Storage Method | License | Maps [7] | Access Control [8] | Events [9] | Written in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argus | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Viewing, acknowledging, override | Partial | Unknown | Berkeley DB | Artistic License | No | Granular | Yes | ||
| Cacti | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Via plugin | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Full control | Unknown | No | RRDtool, MySQL, PostgreSQL | GPL | Via plugin (Weathermap) | Unknown | Unknown | PHP (requirements) | |
| CA eHealth | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | With SystemEDGE agent | With SystemEDGE agent | No | N/A | Yes | Reporting, Limited configuration | Yes | No | Oracle | Commercial | No | Granular | Yes | ||
| CiscoWorks LMS | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Commercial | Dynamic & Customizable | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| collectd | Contributed script | No | No | No | No | Push model; multicast possible |
Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (C or Perl) |
Easy - Hard (depends on method) | Yes | Contributed script | Yes | No | RRDtool, CSV, in memory, plugins | GPLv2 | No | Apache ACL | No | C | |
| dopplerVUE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | .NET assemblies | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | SQL | Commercial | Dynamic & Customizable | Yes | Yes | ||
| Entuity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Unknown | MySQL | Commercial | Dynamic & Customizable | Granular | Yes | ||
| Everest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MySQL, MSSQL | Commercial | Automatic & Customizable | Yes | Yes | Python, C | |
| FireScope BSM: BE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Ganglia | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Via gmond check in | Yes | Via plugin | No | Yes | Yes | Medium | No | Viewing only | Yes | Unknown | RRDtool, in memory | BSD | Yes | No | No | C | |
| GroundWork Community | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Full control | No | Unknown | MySQL | GPL | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| GroundWork Enterprise | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Full control | Yes | Unknown | MySQL | Commercial depending on features | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| Heroix Longitude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Custom Solutions | Hard | Yes | Full Control | Yes | No | MaxDB | Commercial | Automatic & Customizable | Granular | Yes | Java | |
| Hyperic | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle | GPL; Commercial (Enterprise edition) available | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Java, JBOSS | |
| i-enable rmf | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Unknown | MySQL, Berkeley DB | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Intellipool Network Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | FirebirdSQL | Commercial | Yes | Granular | Yes | C++ | |
| Intermapper | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Viewing only | Yes | No | PostgresSQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| LoriotPro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Flat file, SQL | Commercial/free | Yes Active View | Yes | Yes | |||
| ManageEngine OpManager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | MySQL, MSSQL [1] | Commercial; 10 node free edition available | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Munin | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Medium | Partial | Viewing only, very simple | Unknown | Unknown | RRDtool | GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Perl | |
| Nagios | Yes | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Via plugin | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Viewing, Reporting, Control | Yes | Via plugin | Flat file, SQL | GPL | Dynamic & Customizable | Yes | Yes | C | |
| NeDi | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Full control | Unknown | Unknown | MySQL [2] | GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Perl, PHP (requirements) | |
| Netscope | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| Nimsoft | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Full control | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Dynamic & Customizable | Granular | Yes | ||
| Osmius | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Framework | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MySQL [3] | GPL | No | Yes | Yes | Java, C++ (requirements) | |
| op5 Monitor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Via plugin | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | C, PHP | |
| OpenNMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy to Hard - depends on role | Yes | Full control | Yes | Limited | JRobin, PostgreSQL [4] | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java | |
| PacketTrap | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Viewing and Reporting | Yes | Unknown | SQL | Commercial | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| Pandora FMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MySQL [5] | GPL; Enterprise edition available | Automatic Network Maps | Granular | Yes | Perl, PHP, (requirements) | |
| Polymon | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | No | No | No | SQL | Open Source | No | No | No | ||
| Server-Eye | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | No | SaaS | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java, C# | |
| SevenLayer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Yes | MySQL, MSSQL | Commercial | Automatic & Customizable | Yes | Yes | .NET | |
| SevOne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full Control | Yes | Unknown | MySQL | Commercial | Unknown | Yes | Yes | ||
| SNM | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Perl module | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | RRDtool | GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Perl | |
| Plixer Scrutinizer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | MySQL | Commercial and Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl | |
| SolarWinds Orion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | MySQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| uptime software inc. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | MSSQL MySQL Oracle | Commercial | No | Granular | Yes | ||
| WhatsUp Gold | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | SQL | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Wormly | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | No | No | Supported | No | No | Yes | No | N/A | Yes | Full control | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Commercial | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| Xymon (formerly Hobbit) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes and supports BB's | Easy | Yes | Viewing, acknowledging, limited configuring | Yes | No | Flat file, RRDtool | GPL | No | No | Yes | C (requirements) | |
| Zabbix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | C, PHP | |
| Zenoss | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | ZODB, MySQL, RRDtool | GPL Zenoss Core; paid Pro and Enterprise editions [6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Python, Zope | |
| Zyrion Traverse | Yes | Real-time or Scheduled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy | Yes | Full control | Yes | Yes | SQL | Commercial | Customizable | Multi-tier | Yes | Java, C | |
| Name | Charts | SLA Reports | Logical Grouping | Trending | Trend Prediction | Auto Discovery | Agent [1] | SNMP | Syslog | External Scripts [2] | Plugins [3] | Plugin Creation [4] | Triggers / Alerts [5] | WebApp [6] | Distributed Monitoring | Inventory | Data Storage Method | License | Maps [7] | Access Control [8] | Events [9] | Written in |
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b An agent is a program running on the host being monitored. "Supported" means that an agent may be used, but is not mandatory. An SNMP daemon does not count as "agent".
- ^ a b The ability to execute action by running scripts written by the user
- ^ a b Official or user-written extensions that enables fetching new parameters from the monitored hosts
- ^ a b Writing new plugins can be a common task if the user need to extend the product's capabilities
- ^ a b Triggers are rules to detect if the system status is compliant with users specifications
- ^ a b Web application that can be used for viewing graphs, systems status, and eventually editing parameters like monitored hosts, triggers, rules
- ^ a b Maps are a graphical representation of the components being monitored
- ^ a b Access Control is the ability to secure monitoring data via multiple levels of detail based on a password or other security device. Note that even if no access control is supported by the application, the Apache webserver can still block specific pages.
- ^ a b Events are the ability to acknowledge and record remedial actions
[edit] See also
- MOMENT - Monitoring and Measurement in the Next Generation Technologies, a European FP7 framework project about SOA oriented Monitoring and Measurement in ICT Networks
