Nagios vs. .NET's MOM

[Corry Macfarlane]

Some great comments from all.   I concur that you have to look at ROI
but you have to do a complete ROI model including startup costs,
training costs, ongoing maintenance, operations, etc, etc.  MOM
licensing will definitely get you but for some shops it may be worth it
- especially if you're a Microsoft only shop.  The cost of bringing in
Linux skills or training may be enough to offset the licensing costs.

 

Anyway, what I'm getting at is that if you take your particular
situation and run a complete ROI model across people, technology, and
processes you'll end up with an easy decision for your boss.  I can't
tell you which one will win because it depends on your situation, but in
any case, you'll be able to easily justify the decision.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Wilcox,
Chris
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:38 AM
To: 'Greg Vickers'; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios vs. .NET's MOM

 

Focus on ROI and initial startup costs.  Because the OS is free and the
program is free, it really makes it a no brainer in the bosses eyes.

Just one incident saved because of the monitoring tool can be worth the
cost of the server..... 

Plus wrap the server cost into other areas of traffic monitoring and
protocol analysis. All free on the Linux platform. 

MRTG 
Network Probe 

These are just two great products that also can be put on the server for
next to nothing. (sweat and tears only)  

Good Luck!! 

Chris. 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Vickers [mailto:g.vickers at qut.edu.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 10:07 PM 
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net 
Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios vs. .NET's MOM 

 

Hi all, 

Apparantly .NET contains a product called MOM - Microsoft Operations 
Management. This product can provide real-time monitoring & reports etc
etc 
of windows servers. 

My manager put a hold on ordering the server that we are purchasing for 
nagios and asked me to look into MOM. I'm looking for ... comparative 
information of the two products. I have a preference of which product
i'd 
like to put in, but I have to build a case. Can anyone here comment on 
these two products? 

p.s. I just found out that the licence for MOM is per processor 
monitored... so if we want to monitor our lab PCs, we'd have to pay 
1000*the licence fee ... which is low-three figure price... 

 

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Greg Vickers 
Computer Systems Officer 
Student Support and Systems 
Teaching and Learning Support Systems, QUT 
g.vickers at qut.edu.au 
Ph: 07 3864 8276 Fax: 07 3864 5425 
Mob: 0416 001 674 SD: 6147 

 

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