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Comparison of network monitoring systems

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of network monitoring systems. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

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Product Name 
The name of the software, linked to its Wikipedia article.
IP SLAs Reports 
Support of Cisco's IP Service Level Agreement mechanism.
Logical Grouping 
Supports arranging the hosts or devices it monitors into user-defined groups.
Trending 
Provides trending of network data over time.
Trend Prediction 
The software features algorithms designed to predict future network statistics.
Auto Discovery 
The software automatically discovers hosts or network devices it is connected to.
Agentless 
The product does not 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 
Able to retrieve and report on SNMP statistics.
Syslog 
Able to receive and report on Syslogs.
Plugins 
Architecture of the software based on a number of 'plugins' that provide additional functionality.
Triggers/Alerts 
Capable of detecting threshold violations in network data, and alerting the administrator in some form.
WebApp 
Runs 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 
    Able to leverage more than one server to distribute the load of network monitoring.
    Inventory 
    Keeps a record of hardware and/or software inventory for the hosts and devices it monitors.
    Platform 
    The platform (Coding Language) on which the tool was developed/written.
    Data Storage Method 
    Main method used to store the network data it monitors.
    License 
    License released under (e.g. GPL, BSD license, etc.).
    Maps 
    Features graphical network maps that represent the hosts and devices it monitors, and the links between them.
    Access Control 
    Features user-level security, allowing an administrator to prevent access to certain parts of the product on a per-user or per-role basis.
    IPv6 
    Supports monitoring IPv6 hosts and/or devices, receiving IPv6 data, and running on an IPv6-enabled server. Supports communication using IPv6 to the SNMP agent via an IPv6 address.
  • Data Cap Integrity Act
  • IT Service Monitoring Tool Wiki - Service Monitoring Library

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    Comparison of network monitoring systems Wikipedia
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