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Almost 9 years ago
I believe there is one on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems However a matrix often doesn't tell the whole story. My advice is to try several of them out. The Wikipedia feature matrix looks useful, but just because one…
About 10 years ago
Recommending the "best" system for an application like this does require a great deal of knowledge about the assets as well as the enterprise they belong to. An outside expert can make recommendations, but they may not be in complete alignment with your needs In the past…
Over 10 years ago
I'm not sure what you are trying to say in your first paragraph, you seem to be leading with the suggestion that Zabbix is a monolith that either fits, or it does not fit at all, and Nagios being extensible and flexible being your follow-on with the rest of your paper My…
Over 10 years ago
I purchased a copy of that book myself. I can't say that I read very much of it, but I keep it around for others, and I like the idea of supporting the author of my favorite management system As for the SNMP traps, when I refer to the Zabbix documentation, I incorrectly…
Over 10 years ago
You are absolutely right, in fact, you understate the learning curve issues that Zabbix has. The first time I installed Zabbix, I failed to make it do anything and gave up. I was an experienced expert, but I was also impatient. The Zabbix documentation is well written…
Over 10 years ago
Well, if you discount Zabbix for not having the facilities for handling SNMP traps, then I suppose you may have to discount it for everything it uses the underlying OS and tools for. I never really saw that as a shortcoming, because first of all you /can/ use Zabbix for…
Over 10 years ago
Nghlreng There will always be room for improvement, of course. But I was curious what snmp shortcomings you were seeing. I've used Zabbix to extract data via SNMP, and while there was a learning curve at first, the biggest problem I found was performance. However I have…

Projects

Over 10 years ago
Systems Management Project
Designed the hardware platform for a first generation smartphone deployment for Japanese market in 1987
Over 10 years ago
Systems Management Project
Started first modern consumer ISP in 1987, in support of smartphone project.

Answers

Almost 9 years ago
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
About 10 years ago
IT Asset Management

Comments

Over 10 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Over 10 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Over 10 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
Over 10 years ago
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

About me

George is a senior infrastructure engineer with a wealth of experience in solving problems and developing solutions for a variety of infrastructure challenges. Combining strong Unix engineering, enterprise server administration, enterprise networking, electronic engineering and technical management skills, George is a strong contributor to any technical team he is part of.

He has been involved in Unix engineering, developing boot code for AIX and Linux, as well as license management, network security, web systems, database systems, network management, backup management, etc. He created Unix system installers, network boot/install systems, and other installers and backup systems for everything from a unix based point of sale system to supercomputing clusters. He has also created release management systems for highly secure mission-critical systems.

In 1987 George founded the first “modern” ISP, being the first to provide a service geared and priced for ordinary consumers.

The ISP was founded in support of his work designing the hardware for a modular digital wireless phone system incorporated into Japan's first digital cellular network in the late 80's and early 90's. This system blended the cellular telephone with modern Internet communications, and was one of the forerunners to today's digital cellular network. George’s role in smartphone development was designing a modular solution providing the hand-held computer terminal and central office mainframe hardware for the smartphone network, and facilitating the integration of Internet technologies.

George has developed a wide range of hardware and software solutions aimed at improving infrastructure quality. He has integrated commercial and open source software solutions to create complete management systems providing visibility into the entire infrastructure; encompassing power, environment, server telemetry, network, provisioning, inventory, human resources and SLA management.

Interesting Projects and Accomplishments