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        <title><![CDATA[Quest PacketTrap and MXAlerts]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-334766-3685062]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I feel like Quest's PacketTrap really flies under the radar. Its a top of the line network monitoring tool i dont hear many people talking about. Need to host yourself but still great, and support is very helpful Another new one is MXAlerts. They only offer email server motoring (using round trip monitors) but the price and simplicity are great!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[etabush]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:04:38 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[free it tools.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Im currently in school and am interested in knowing about these free tool and where did you find them.   please to reply to jamesdinkins06@gmail.com. Thank you]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JamesDinkins]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:40:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why isn't Hyperic on this list?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm kind of surprised Hyperic isn't mentioned on this list. http://www.springsource.com/products/systems-management]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[alsargent]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:07:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Agreed.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I use WhatsUp Gold all the time.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Timbo Zimbabwe]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:56:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Expensive .... some free tools do better]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sorry but i try WhatsUp half a year ago. I was interested in managing alerts for threshold of traffic and it didn't meet my expectations because i had to configure one by one the alerts with special commands in the router or switch. I did not try its other benefits.I'm working with Zenoss Enterprise .... for now it has all i need.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[andrefalconib]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:25:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'll try it]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's obvios that you get a good performance because of the server you have. But it sounds like a good tool. It'll be on my list, i wanna try it.Thanks.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[andrefalconib]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:11:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[true comprehensive list of network monitoring tools]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[good sharing j.vaessen]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[imshah82@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:32:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ntop Anyone?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ntop is one of the most valuable tools in my network monitoring kit.Can't beat the price (FREE) if you run it on a *nix platform or compile your own Windows executable.  A pre-compiled Win32 version is available for less than $100USD and includes one year of free upgardes and support.http://www.ntop.org/overview.html]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JoshtheGeek]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:49:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hardware Requirements]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[the Statseeker guys could answer better, but I think (based on the info published on their webpage in the tech support help section) it sounds like your server should be able to deal with the load.From memory we are running a Dual Quad core server with around 16G of Ram and 6 x 80G HDD's in a raid 5 config, It is complete overkill and the server Runs at less than 20% util   but by the same token we dont have any problems when multiple users are all on there generating reports simueltaneously.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-from Statseeker Tech support Page For best performance we recommend the following:Up to 20,000 network interfaces and minimal NetFlow collection requirements:    * 64 bit Dual Core CPU, with 2MB of L2 cache for each core    * 2GB RAM    * 500GB Hard Drive    * Gigabit capable NIC]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bott@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:19:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[hardware requeriments for more than 500 nodes?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I really find it interesting. Specially for the number of nodes that you are managing.I'm going to try the trail version. Is there any hardware requeriments in order to manage more than 500 nodes? I have a 4GB RAM, 512 GB hard disc, dual core server. Would it be enough to manage 1000 nodes?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[andrefalconib]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:49:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Statseeker costs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yes It does cost, but for obvious reasons I cannot disclose how much we pay. (plus I cant remember anyhow.)we have been using it for so long that I dont even remember if there was a upfront cost, However we do continue to pay a yearly maintenance fee.There is a Free trial licence avalible on the Statseeker website, If you are interested I recommend finding their website and trying it out.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bott@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:30:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Costs?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is t a free tool? If not, how much do you pay for a licence (for example 1000 nodes). Do you pay for year support?Thanks]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[andrefalconib]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:20:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yep!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Been using it for about a year and it's a great free tool.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jcommunications@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:28:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Must have been thinking of lucky 13!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-334766-3344348]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure how I came up with an extra. Thanks for pointing it out, though. The title is changed accordingly.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Selena Frye]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:19:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Another Vote for Spiceworks!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-334766-3344318]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[http://www.spiceworks.com/referrer/ITSlave]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jmarkovic32]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:26:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Agreed]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-334766-3344172]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Dude is an excellent monitor!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Diakiao]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:37:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What about HP Open VIEW]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Network monitoring tools should be able to bring information about availability, traffic, services status (in the case of servers) and a visibility of the network topology i think. In my opinion Zenoss is the best open source tool.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[andrefalconib]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:36:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What about]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We use Solarwinds for most thingsbut for non chart based service based notificatons you can't really beat Big Brother from Quest SoftwareThe free version is excellentWe also use MRTG, Cacti and Nagios]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[komelia@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:27:06 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Missing]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-334766-3344082]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Where is the 13th tool?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[abo_shreek11]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:43:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Comprehensive list]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-334766-3344058]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A true comprehensive list of network monitoring tools can be found at http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[j.vaessen@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:50:22 -0700</pubDate>
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