[NTLUG:Discuss] OpenNMS

[Greg Edwards]

Paul Ingendorf wrote:
> Looks like a fairly interesting network management system.
> 
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/opennms
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have been researching OpenNMS and was wondering if anyone on this
> listserve was running it.  If so what are the pros and cons of it?  What
> distribution are you running it on?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew

Looks interesting but, IMHO, it's got 2 strikes against it off the bat.

It requires Tomcat and PostgreSQL.  Their mission statement talks about 
commercial products forcing solutions, "In many instances, it becomes a 
case of fitting the business to the management tool".  Then they force 
you into their box.

I have nothing against Tomcat or PostgreSQL but I don't run them now and 
have no plans on installing them, so I couldn't use it.  If your 
planning to use PostgreSQL as your DBMS and are interested in running 
Tomcat then it may be worth the time to try it out.

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com