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A short comparison between the most common network monitoring systems

Name PacketTrap dopplerVUE Nagios Zabbix Munin Cacti Zenoss Argus Hobbit Monitor OpManager OpenNMS FireScope BSM: BE SolarWinds Orion GroundWork NeDi
Response Time Fast Fast Fast Fast cron ? Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast
Charts Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Logical Grouping Un­known Un­known No No No No Yes No Un­known Yes No Yes Un­known No No
Trending Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Trend prediction Un­known No No No Un­known Un­known Yes Un­known No No Un­known Yes No Yes No
Autodiscovery Yes Yes No Yes No Yes, using a plugin Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Agent Yes No Yes Yes Yes No SNMP,WMI,JMX,etc. Yes Yes No Yes, using NRPE Agent & Agent less Yes Not Req., supported SNMP & CDP
SNMP Yes Yes Yes, using a plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, using Devmon Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SYSLOG Yes Un­known No No No No Yes No Un­known Un­known No Yes Yes Yes No
External scripts [1] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known
Plugins [2] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes and supports BB extensions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Un­known
Plugin creation[3] Medium .Net assemblies Medium Easy Medium Medium Easy Easy Easy Easy ? Easy Easy Medium Un­known
Triggers/Alerts [4] Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WebApp [5] Viewing and Reporting Full control Viewing only Full control Viewing only, very simple Full control Full control Viewing Only Viewing, acknowledging, limited configuration Full control Full control Full control Full control Full control Full control
Distributed Monitoring Yes No Yes Yes Un­known Un­known Yes Un­known No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Un­known
Data storage method SQL SQL SQL SQL RRDtool RRDtool and MySQL RRDtool and MySQL Berkeley DB Flat file and RRDtool MySQL and MSQL RRDtool and PostgreSQL SQL SQL SQL SQL
License GPL GPL GPL GPL

Notes

  1. ^ The ability to execute action by running scripts written by the user
  2. ^ Official or user-written extensions that enables fetching new parameters from the monitored hosts
  3. ^ Writing new plugins can be a common task if the user need to extend the product's capabilities
  4. ^ Rules to detect if the system status is compliant with users specifications
  5. ^ Web Application that can be used for viewing graphs, systems status, and eventually editing parameters like monitored hosts, triggers, rules

See also

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