"Cost" of Nagios

[Robert Nelson]

The larger part of your calculation is going to be figuring out how long
it takes to get things in Nagios. If you have a contractor come out
there and pound on it, it might be really quick. If you have to do it
yourself in between your other tasks, it make take you weeks or months
(like me!) simply because there's so much to add, document, and figure
out parent/child relationships.

On the benefits side, I can tell you that without a doubt, you will have
a crapload more, in quantity and quality, of documentation on your
network. Some of the time/money you dump into getting it set up has a
direct payoff because of this.

Rob Nelson
Network Engineer
Windchannel Communications
919-538-6326 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Flak Magnet [mailto:flakmagnet at tabletop-battlezone.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:54 AM
> To: nagios_list
> Subject: [Nagios-users] "Cost" of Nagios
> 
> 
> Part of my employer's employee review process includes a 
> requirement to 
> submit, in writing a continuous improvment suggestion, something that 
> basically improves efficience in some way.
> 
> The implementation of Nagios definitely fits the bill as an 
> improvment 
> over our network monitoring prior to Nagios was our users.  (*Ring* 
> Hey, I can't check my email!)  I'm just having trouble trying to 
> quantify the savings...
> 
> Does anybody here pay for (or charge for) a Nagios installation?  I 
> figure if I can get an idea of what Nagios costs to implement, then I 
> can base my continuous improvment paperwork on that...
> 
> (Considering the time that CI takes in a given year, a CI has already 
> been submitted to do away with the CI process entirely...  It was 
> rejected by the people who were hired specifically to run our CI 
> process... go figure)
> 
> -- 
> 
> --Tim
> "I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday, 
> m'kay?" -- Office 
> Space
> 
> 
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