[SoCoSA/discuss] network bandwidth usage monitoring

[Mark Street]

Hi,

I have lightly followed this thread on your snmp saga.

I would suggest you seriously take a look at Zenoss Core.

I manage a mixed network with this tool and it works peachy (Windoze and Linux 
Servers, NAS, Switches, Network Printers, Network Copiers, Workstations, 
etc.) ~120 or so machines/devices.

It does take a short amount of time to setup and configure but is well worth 
it.  The forums are a good source of help and information.

Good Luck

On Tuesday January 1 2008, Sean wrote:
> Happy new year everyone!
>
> For awhile now I've been trying to find a good way to monitor the
> total bandwidth usage on virtual servers and other systems on my
> network. Thanks to all of your help, I now have snmp working which
> makes this much easier for me.
>
> Does anyone have a program that you like which provides total
> bandwidth used? I can't seem to find anything that gathers this data.
> I may use what you suggest in conjunction with Munin depending on what
> data it collects.
>
> I've tried cacti, but for some reason I can't seem to resolve SQL
> problems despite multiple re-installs and database re-creation. I
> suspect there's a problem with the software, as the developer insists
> that the problem is due to a corrupted database.

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