System Monitoring Tool: PandoraFMS 2.0 released

[mark]

Mike Burger wrote:
> Oops...not "Mark"..."TopCom"
> 
> Sorry.
> 
I was wondering....

	mark

>>> Mike Burger wrote:
>>>>> TopCom 900 wrote:
>>>>>> Sorry for the off-topic but I think this might be interesing for all
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> sysadmins in here.
>>>>>> Pandora FMS is a monitoring software. It watches your systems and
>> applications, and allows you to know the status of any element of
>> those
>>>>>> systems (hardware, software, sensors, network equipment, etc).
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>> What does it offer that Nagios doesn't?
>>>> Who says it has to offer anything different?  Isn't it enough that it's
>>>> an
>>>> option that sysadmins can investigate?
>>> <shakes head>
>>> A lot of admins, not to say companies, are conservative about this, and
>> nagios
>>> is in very common use. If they want folks to leave what works for them,
>> they
>>> need to offer a reason to change.
>> Isn't that up to the admins to look, evaluate, and determine whether
>> there's a reason to change?
>>
>> >From what I read (looking at the site for the product), it's another
>> free/open source product, which is being offered.
>>
>> I didn't read anything that indicated that Mark was suggesting that anyone
>> move away from what they're using...only that there's a product out there
>> for sysadmins to take a look at, and decide for themselves if it's
>> something that they're interested in.
>>
>> If the original message had looked like Mark was trying to sell a product,
>> I'd be more inclined to agree with your questioning him, directly.  Since
>> neither product is a sold product, at least in base form, then I would
>> think it's up to the admins in question to determine whether or not they
>> want to take the time to check it out, or to simply live with what they
>> have and move on.
>>
>> Of course, that could just be me. :-D
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