Open source network management comparison: Platform

by Jack Hughes on June 19, 2008

Table of contents for Open source network management comparison

  1. Open source network management comparison: Introduction
  2. Open source network management comparison: General
  3. Open source network management comparison: Platform
  4. Open source network management comparison: Support
Attribute / Project OpenNMS Nagios Zenoss [1] Hyperic [2] Zabbix
Platform
Linux X X X X X
Windows X X
OSX X X X X X
Solaris X X X X X
*BSD X X X X X
Hardware Appliance X X X
Virtual Appliance X [3] X [4]

[1] Zenoss Core is used for the purpose of this comparison.

[2] Hyperic HQ is used for the purpose of this comparison.

[3] Nagios doesn’t offer a virtual appliance though a number are available through the community.

[4] Zabbix doesn’t offer a virtual appliance though a number are available through the community.

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{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }

botchagalupe June 19, 2008 at 9:49 AM

Good stuff…

How about Zabbix?

Jack June 19, 2008 at 10:04 AM

@John – I just knew this would happen… :) Once I’m a bit further into the process I will begin to add more projects to the comparison. At the moment, doing the necessary research on four projects is taking quite a long time. More projects that I am less familiar with would only extend the process even further. Expect the next tranche sometime next week. I promise to get into the interesting stuff then.

Matt Ray June 19, 2008 at 2:39 PM

Feel free to send me any questions you may have about Zenoss, looking forward to the rest of the posts.

Thanks,
Matt Ray
Zenoss Community Manager

Jack Hughes June 19, 2008 at 2:41 PM

@Matt – thanks for the offer…will do!

jeremy hogan June 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM

Hey, Jack. Good article, I wanted to mention that both Hyperic HQ open source and HQ enteprise version have a VMWare appliance. That should earn us green marks across the board. :-)

Thanks!
–jeremy

Jack Hughes June 20, 2008 at 1:25 PM

@Jeremy – I think I need to split out the appliance section out into virtual and hardware appliance because I meant hardware appliance. It would be handy to have a breakdown of both I guess. Virtual appliances give a great way to try out software with zero risk of any damage to an existing set up. Thanks for the feedback.

jeremy hogan June 20, 2008 at 2:05 PM

Gotcha, thanks!

Jack Hughes June 20, 2008 at 2:08 PM

@All – I have split out the appliance line into two hardware and virtual lines.

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