Nagios XI and TruView

[jkinning]

We are at the time of the year again where someone wants us to evaluate different products becuase...well you know we can't leave well enough alone. I had tried to explain that Nagios XI can do just about all the things this can do but looking for some additional ammunition. Anyone have any feedback or helpful suggestions to keep Nagios XI and not consider TruView?

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http://enterprise.netscout.com/apps/truview

Most of our problems I have said relate to not monitor the right stuff. We monitor the basic server stuff but we are not really monitor network bandwidth which I believe is why they are looking at TruView. Some of the examples I have seen are surrounding around loss of network drives, high I/O on a database, Internet links flooded or maxed out, slow performance on applications when performing day-to-day tasks. Is there anything that Nagios XI cannot monitor that TruView can? Also, has anyone migrated from TruView to Nagios XI and if so could you share some basic reasons why?

I have become acquainted with Nagios XI and starting to understand the layout and how to add some more advanced monitoring, to a certain point then I come running to this board that I don't want to have to learn something completely new when what we currently have will work. We just need to know how and what to monitor.

Thanks!

[jkinning]

Looks like I will need to purchase this product to compete with TruView - https://www.nagios.com/products/nagios- ... -analyzer/

[hsmith]

but we are not really monitor network bandwidth which I believe is why they are looking at TruView.

What metrics are you looking to grab? If your switch/router/asa can give you the information, generally via SNMP, it can be set up to be monitored in XI.

https://www.nagios.com/solutions/bandwidth-monitoring/

loss of network drives

It looks like you've had a post about this in the past: https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 16&t=37151. Did that solution not end up working out for you?

high I/O on a database

Might need a little more information on this one, but I've seen Oracle, MySQL, and MSSQL all monitored very successfully with XI.

https://www.nagios.com/solutions/database-monitoring/

Internet links flooded or maxed out

check_http can be your friend here.

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ios-XI.pdf

slow performance on applications when performing day-to-day tasks

Trickier...does your app have the information readily available? If the competing product is claiming to do this out of the box, I would request a demo to see how it is done.

Also, has anyone migrated from TruView to Nagios XI and if so could you share some basic reasons why?

As a Nagios employee I don't have anything useful to contribute here - but I will say it's the first time I've heard of this product.

I have become acquainted with Nagios XI and starting to understand the layout and how to add some more advanced monitoring, to a certain point then I come running to this board

Not to pat ourselves on the back - but I'm going to totally pat ourselves on the back. I think we offer pretty great support compared to some companies I have dealt with in the past. That is one of the major selling points of Nagios in general if you ask me. We have a great community with users who like to contribute back, and pretty good response times. I hope you decide to stick around.