Differences between Nagios and Netsaint

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

There is also the other side of the coin:  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
This might be where the other SA is coming from.

*However*, the problem with that approach is, "you can pay now, or you can
pay later."  Meaning, you can work now on making the migration, or you can
wait till you absolutely need to solve a problem (or add in a feature) and
work like a frightened monkey trying to implement it.

As a point of reference, just look at any environment where they don't keep
their operating systems up to a supported level.  One word:  Legacy.

Food for thought.

jc


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Powell [mailto:mpowell at ena.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:49 PM
> To: Greg Webster; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Differences between Nagios and Netsaint
> 
> 
> More/Better reporting.
> Netsaint is no longer being maintained...
> Many Bug Fixes
> Netsaint is no longer being maintained...
> Template based config files.
> Netsaint is no longer being maintained...
> http://www.nagios.org/changelog.php
> Netsaint is no longer being maintained...
> 
> You get the picture... Bug fixes have not been backported to Netsaint
> that I am aware of. I don't see anything in the Netsaint CVS that has
> been touched in the last 12 months and most of it is much longer than
> that. It makes no sense to install a program that is no longer being
> maintained when a compatible, newer version is, IMHO.
> 
> --
> Marc
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Webster [mailto:greg at intouch.ca]
> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:29 PM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Differences between Nagios and Netsaint
> > 
> > 
> > I'm trying to explain why I would prefer to use Nagios over Netsaint
> to my
> > co-administrator and would like to get a bit better list than just
> > "Netsaint is no longer being developed".
> > 
> > Is there a resource that explains the differences/features? Are the
> bugs
> > that have been found since the name change been fixed in Netsaint as
> well?
> > 
> > This is only an issue since only the unstable release of Debian's
> apt-get
> > lists Nagios.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Greg Webster
> > 
> > 
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