Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:40:37 +0100 From: Wim Livens <wim@livens.net> To: Tony <missing@nts.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: ciscoworks Message-ID: <20020306094037.GA55613@krijt.livens.net> In-Reply-To: <20020305225450.A84866-100000@nts.umd.edu> References: <20020305225450.A84866-100000@nts.umd.edu>
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Op di 05 mrt, 2002 om 11:00:39pm -0500, schreef Tony: > > Sorry for the off topic post but I can't think of a better group to ask. > I'd like to have feedback from folks at any level on how they feel about the > product. I've got my own feelings but I'd like to hear what others think. > Feel free to reply off list if you like. Our management made us buy it and install it. We tried it out for a few weeks but conculded that it didn't bring us any significant benefit over existing free tools (nocol, perl-expect, rrdtool,...) This was one year ago, here's what I remember, it may be biased. The GUI is buggy and painfully slow. Both the fat-client and the so-called webinterface. That webinterface is a huge java applet for which you need a top-end PC with at least 128megs. It must be extremly frustrating having to work with that while the clock is ticking during an outage. For configuration management, it allows to make changes on multiple devices at once, keep versions of the configs etc. But all that can easily be done as well, if not better, with a few perl/expect scripts and rcs. Moreover, the latter allows to be intergrated with your database, cgi-scripts, cronjobs etc. It may be useful for your devices for error conditions, you get a nice view of the device with all cards and leds etc. But it is not a monitoring system that reports alarm conditions like nocol. For instance, you can't get a view of your entire network. -- Wim Livens. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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