6. Name System Center 2012
SelectionCacti Nagios SolarWinds Server & WhatsUp Gold
Operations Manager Application Monitor
Integration Excellent integrated Microsoft SNMP Third-party plugins and Built-in Excellent integrated Microsoft
products monitoring agents Products monitoring
Application monitoring Integrated, server and client No Configure NC_Net plugin to Built-in, templates available to AlertFox client-side
side. OpsMgr recognizes define specific .NET create your own scripting monitoring, subscription. No
application pools performance counters server-side monitoring per
app
Trends, history Trending, full history Usage Yes Yes Yes + Log Management
Alerting Event log events, custom log Plugin Event log items through agent, Event log events, custom log Event log events, custom log
parsing, thresholds on thresholds on performance parsing, thresholds on parsing, thresholds on
performance counters, to counters, to email, SMS performance counters, to performance counters, to
other ticketing systems, email, gateways other ticketing systems, email, other ticketing systems, email,
SMS gateways, … SMS gateways, … SMS gateways, …
Discovery Automatic of devices, Plugin to find network devices Auto-discover devices, Discovery tools PING scan
middleware (if management services
packs are installed)
Support Microsoft products, Unix, SNMP, plugins Plugins Microsoft products, Unix, Windows, Unix, LInux, SNMP
Linux. Linux
Plugins "Support for Documentum, Limited amount of available Microsoft Windows with Tomcat, Apache
DB2, Tomcat, Apache (http:// plugins NSClient++ agent, manually to
www.managementproducts.co install and configure; large
mtrade.com/ plugin library, Documentum
management_pack/ support, Tomcat, Apache
emc_documentum/Pages/
default.aspx
User management AD Users, authorizations defined Users, authorizations defined AD Users, authorizations defined
in application in application in application
Configuration GUI Plaintext configuration files GUI, scripting Web GUI
Licensing Expensive, but includes full OS Basic version Open Source, XI Commercial, starts at 2440€ Commercial, but subscription
System Center 2012 stack version commercial 1995USD based for app monitoring
Dashboards Create your own, in Plugins Create your own, web interface Web, mobile, build your own Create your own, web interface
management console or web
interface
Reporting Large sample of built-in Plugins External plugin Templates, build your own Built-in reports
reports, report builder
Vendor & External Support Well known, excellent vendor External support External support Not well known, unknown Not well known, unknown
and external support vendor support vendor support
12. Cacti
+Open Source
+Popular, well known
- SNMP polling
- No application monitoring
- Trends, limited history, alerting through plugin
13. Cacti
+Open Source
+Popular, well known
- SNMP polling
- No application monitoring
- Trends, limited history, alerting through plugin
- Plugins to discover specific objects
14. Cacti
+Open Source
+Popular, well known
- SNMP polling
- No application monitoring
- Trends, limited history, alerting through plugin
- Plugins to discover specific objects
- Limited amount of plugins
15. Cacti
+Open Source
+Popular, well known
- SNMP polling
- No application monitoring
- Trends, limited history, alerting through plugin
- Plugins to discover specific objects
- Limited amount of plugins
- User access defined in application
19. Nagios
+ Open Source
+ Popular, well known
+ Commercial version offers more support, starts at $1995
20. Nagios
+ Open Source
+ Popular, well known
+ Commercial version offers more support, starts at $1995
+ Large Plugin library
21. Nagios
+ Open Source
+ Popular, well known
+ Commercial version offers more support, starts at $1995
+ Large Plugin library
+ Documentum, Tomcat, Apache support through plugins
22. Nagios
+ Open Source
+ Popular, well known
+ Commercial version offers more support, starts at $1995
+ Large Plugin library
+ Documentum, Tomcat, Apache support through plugins
+ Create your own dashboards through the web interface
23. Nagios
+ Open Source
+ Popular, well known
+ Commercial version offers more support, starts at $1995
+ Large Plugin library
+ Documentum, Tomcat, Apache support through plugins
+ Create your own dashboards through the web interface
+ Reporting through external plugin
24. Nagios
+ Open Source
+ Popular, well known
+ Commercial version offers more support, starts at $1995
+ Large Plugin library
+ Documentum, Tomcat, Apache support through plugins
+ Create your own dashboards through the web interface
+ Reporting through external plugin
- Event log items through external agent, thresholds on performance
counters, alerting
25. Nagios
+ Open Source
+ Popular, well known
+ Commercial version offers more support, starts at $1995
+ Large Plugin library
+ Documentum, Tomcat, Apache support through plugins
+ Create your own dashboards through the web interface
+ Reporting through external plugin
- Event log items through external agent, thresholds on performance
counters, alerting
- Application monitoring limited to defining specific .NET counters,
through plugin
26. Nagios
+ Open Source
+ Popular, well known
+ Commercial version offers more support, starts at $1995
+ Large Plugin library
+ Documentum, Tomcat, Apache support through plugins
+ Create your own dashboards through the web interface
+ Reporting through external plugin
- Event log items through external agent, thresholds on performance
counters, alerting
- Application monitoring limited to defining specific .NET counters,
through plugin
- User access defined in application
28. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
29. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
30. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
31. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
32. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
33. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
34. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through thick and web client
35. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through thick and web client
+ Large sample of reports, create your own dashboards for thick and web
client
36. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through thick and web client
+ Large sample of reports, create your own dashboards for thick and web
client
+ Full System Center 2012 suite is included in licensing
37. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through thick and web client
+ Large sample of reports, create your own dashboards for thick and web
client
+ Full System Center 2012 suite is included in licensing
+ Documentum, DB2, Tomcat, Apache compatible with plugin
38. Microsoft Systems Center 2012
Operations Manager
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Popular, well known
+ Integrated server and client side application monitoring
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through thick and web client
+ Large sample of reports, create your own dashboards for thick and web
client
+ Full System Center 2012 suite is included in licensing
+ Documentum, DB2, Tomcat, Apache compatible with plugin
- Expensive licensing
39. System Center 2012
Operations Manager Pricing
System Center 2012 System Center 2012 Notes
Standard /w Software Datacenter /w Software
Assurance Assurance
Licences per CPU 0.5 0.5
Licenses per OS 0.5
Price per license, ex VAT 1,369.00 € 3,694.00 €
Number of CPU's 58 58 Not known exactly, waiting for
information from DE
Number of OS 54
Licenses needed 29 29
Price ex VAT 39,701.00 € 107,126.00 €
VAT 21% 21%
VAT 8,337.21 € 22,496.46 €
Price incl VAT 48,038.21 € 129,622.46 €
Extra 2 years Software
Assurance
Price per license, ex VAT 459.00 € 1,249.00 €
Price ex VAT 13,311.00 € 36,221.00 €
VAT 21% 21%
VAT 2,795.31 € 7,606.41 €
Price incl VAT 16,106.31 € 43,827.41 €
Total 64,144.52 € 173,449.87 €
40. Microsoft System
Center 2012
• App Controller
• Operations Manager
• Orchestrator
• Service Manager
• Virtual Machine Manager
• Data Protection Manager
• Endpoint Protection
• Configuration Manager
41. Microsoft Software
Assurance
• Free upgrade to newer versions
• Availability of free training and
software, Home Use Program
• Limited on-site consulting services
• Spread Payments option
• License management through
MVLSC
45. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
46. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
47. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
48. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
49. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards for thick and web client
50. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards for thick and web client
+ Supports Tomcat, Apache monitoring
51. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards for thick and web client
+ Supports Tomcat, Apache monitoring
- Expensive licensing
52. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards for thick and web client
+ Supports Tomcat, Apache monitoring
- Expensive licensing
- No server-side application monitoring
53. SolarWinds
+ Excellent integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Automatic discovery of new objects
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards for thick and web client
+ Supports Tomcat, Apache monitoring
- Expensive licensing
- No server-side application monitoring
- Not well known, limited outside support
54. SolarWinds Pricing
Product Price
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor SL250 (up to 250 4,446.00 €
elements) - License with 1st-year Maintenance
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Module for 1 SolarWinds 3,175.00 €
Network Performance Monitor SL250 - License with 1st-year
Maintenance
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor [formerly 1 Application 24,440.00 €
Performance Monitor] ALX (unlimited monitors- Standard Polling
Throughput) - License with 1st-year Maintenance
SolarWinds Synthetic End User Monitor SE100 (up to 100 10,180.00 €
recordings) - License with 1st-Year Maintenance
SolarWinds Log & Event Manager LEM100(up to 100 nodes) - 10,180.00 €
License with 1st Year Maintenance
Total 52,421.00 €
58. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
59. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
60. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
61. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards, web client
62. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards, web client
+ Cheap licensing
63. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards, web client
+ Cheap licensing
- Subscription based client-side application monitoring
64. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards, web client
+ Cheap licensing
- Subscription based client-side application monitoring
- No server-side application monitoring
65. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards, web client
+ Cheap licensing
- Subscription based client-side application monitoring
- No server-side application monitoring
- No autodiscovery of new applications on servers
66. WhatsUp Gold
+ Integration with Microsoft environment
+ Client side monitoring with scenarios
+ Trends, Logs, Alerts based on thresholds
+ Supports Microsoft, Unix, Linux
+ Configure through web client
+ Create your own dashboards, web client
+ Cheap licensing
- Subscription based client-side application monitoring
- No server-side application monitoring
- No autodiscovery of new applications on servers
- Not well known, limited outside support
67. WhatsUp Gold
Product Montly Yearly cost Price
subscriptio
n
WhatsUp Gold Premium 100 new devices, 3,376.22 €
1 year service
WhatsUp Log Management Suite, 50 5,547.78 €
servers
AlertFox Pro3 299.00 € 3,588.00 € 14,352.00 € = 4 years of
subscription
Total 23,276.00 €
68. Selection
Name System Center 2012 Cacti Nagios SolarWinds Server & WhatsUp Gold
Operations Manager Application Monitor
Integration Excellent integrated Microsoft SNMP Third-party plugins and Built-in Excellent integrated Microsoft
products monitoring agents Products monitoring
Application monitoring Integrated, server and client No Configure NC_Net plugin to Built-in, templates available to AlertFox client-side
side. OpsMgr recognizes define specific .NET create your own scripting monitoring, subscription. No
application pools performance counters server-side monitoring per
app
Trends, history Trending, full history Usage Yes Yes Yes + Log Management
Alerting Event log events, custom log Plugin Event log items through agent, Event log events, custom log Event log events, custom log
parsing, thresholds on thresholds on performance parsing, thresholds on parsing, thresholds on
performance counters, to counters, to email, SMS performance counters, to performance counters, to
other ticketing systems, email, gateways other ticketing systems, email, other ticketing systems, email,
SMS gateways, … SMS gateways, … SMS gateways, …
Discovery Automatic of devices, Plugin to find network devices Auto-discover devices, Discovery tools PING scan
middleware (if management services
packs are installed)
OS Support Microsoft products, Unix, SNMP, plugins Plugins Microsoft products, Unix, Windows, Unix, LInux, SNMP
Linux. Linux
Plugins "Support for Documentum, Limited amount of available Microsoft Windows with Tomcat, Apache
DB2, Tomcat, Apache (http:// plugins NSClient++ agent, manually to
www.managementproducts.co install and configure; large
mtrade.com/ plugin library, Documentum
management_pack/ support, Tomcat, Apache
emc_documentum/Pages/
default.aspx
User management AD Users, authorizations defined Users, authorizations defined AD Users, authorizations defined
in application in application in application
Configuration GUI Plaintext configuration files GUI, scripting Web GUI
Licensing Expensive, but includes full OS Basic version Open Source, XI Commercial, starts at 2440€, Commercial, but subscription
System Center 2012 stack version commercial 1995USD but when licensed for our based for app monitoring
environment it reaches SCOM
pricing
Dashboards Create your own, in Plugins Create your own, web interface Web, mobile, build your own Create your own, web interface
management console or web
interface
Reporting Large sample of built-in Plugins External plugin Templates, build your own Built-in reports
reports, report builder
Vendor & External Support Well known, excellent vendor External support External support Not well known, unknown Not well known, unknown
and external support vendor support vendor support
70. Conclusion
• Open Source solutions Cacti and Nagios are
cheap, but limited in features and vendor support
71. Conclusion
• Open Source solutions Cacti and Nagios are
cheap, but limited in features and vendor support
• Microsoft System Center is expensive, but
perfectly integrated and much external support is
available
72. Conclusion
• Open Source solutions Cacti and Nagios are
cheap, but limited in features and vendor support
• Microsoft System Center is expensive, but
perfectly integrated and much external support is
available
• SolarWinds falls short on features compared to
price, limited external support
73. Conclusion
• Open Source solutions Cacti and Nagios are
cheap, but limited in features and vendor support
• Microsoft System Center is expensive, but
perfectly integrated and much external support is
available
• SolarWinds falls short on features compared to
price, limited external support
• WhatsApp Gold is cost-effective, offers good
client-side application testing but lacks good
server-side application monitoring, and there is
limited external support