Comparison of network monitoring systems

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[edit] Definition of Categories Product Name The name of the software, linked to its Wikipedia article. Any software listed without being linked to its article, demonstrating its notability, will be removed. IP SLAs Reports Does the software feature reports on IP SLAs? Logical Grouping Does the software support arranging the hosts or devices it monitors into user-defined groups? Trending Does the software provide trending of network data over time? Trend Prediction Does the software feature algorithms designed to predict future network statistics? Auto Discovery Can the software automatically discover hosts or network devices it is connected to? Agent Does the product rely on a software agent that must run on hosts it is monitoring, so that data can be pushed back to a central server? "Supported" means that an agent may be used, but is not mandatory. An SNMP daemon does not count as an agent. SNMP Is the software able to retrieve and report on SNMP statistics? Syslog Is the software able to receive and report on Syslogs? Plugins Is the architecture of the software based on a number of 'plugins' that provide additional functionality? Triggers/Alerts Is the software capable of detecting threshold violations in network data, and alerting the administrator in some form? WebApp Does the product run as a web-based application? • No: There is no web-based frontend for this software. • Viewing: Network data can be viewed in a graphical web-based frontend • Acknowledging: Users can interact with the software through the web-based frontend to acknowledge alarms or manipulate other notifications. • Reporting: Specific reports on network data can be configured by the user and executed through the web- based frontend. • Full Control: ALL aspects of the product can be controlled through the web-based frontend, including low- level maintenance tasks such as software configuration and upgrades.

Distributed Monitoring Is the software able to leverage more than one server to distribute the load of network monitoring? Inventory Does the software keep a record of hardware and/or software inventory for the hosts and devices it monitors? Data Storage Method What method does the software use to store the network data it monitors? License Under what license is the software released? (e.g. GPL, BSD_license, etc.) Maps Does the software feature graphical network maps that represent the hosts and devices it monitors, and the links between them? Access Control Does the software feature user-level security, allowing an administrator to prevent access to certain parts of the product on a per-user or per-role basis? IPv6 Does the software support monitoring IPv6 hosts and/or devices, receiving IPv6 data, and running on an IPv6- enabled server? [edit] Comparison

Comparison of network monitoring software IP SLA Logical Trend Auto Name Trending Agent SNMP Syslog Reports Grouping Prediction Discovery

Argus Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes

Cacti Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plugin No Yes Yes

CiscoWorks Yes Yes Unknown No Yes No Yes Yes LMS

Push model; collectd No No No No multicast Supported Yes Yes possible dopplerVUE Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

FreeNATS Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Via plugin

Via gmond Ganglia No Yes Yes No Yes Via plugin No check in Intellipool Network Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Monitor

AdRem No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes NetCrunch

IPHost Network Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Monitor

Munin No No Yes Unknown No Yes Yes No

Nagios Via plugin Yes Yes No Via plugin Yes Via plugin Via plugin

NetMRI No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes NetQoS Performance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Center Nimsoft Monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Solution

Yes Yes OpenNMS Yes Yes Unknown Yes Supported Yes

OPNET ACE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Live

Opsview Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

PacketTrap No Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes

Pandora FMS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes

Performance No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Co-Pilot PRTG Network Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes Monitor

Scrutinizer Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes ServersCheck Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes SevOne Yes Yes Yes Unknown Yes No Yes No Orion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Shinken Via plugin Yes Yes No Via plugin Yes Via plugin Via plugin

Spiceworks Yes Yes No No Yes Supported Yes No

TclMon Yes Yes Yes No Yes Supported Yes Yes

Zabbix Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes

Zenoss Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Zyrion Traverse Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported Yes Yes SLA Logical Trend Auto Name Trending Agent SNMP Syslog Reports Grouping Prediction Discovery