[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
]
“What sets Nagios apart from other open source network
monitoring tools like Big Brother, OpenNMS, OpenView and
SysMon?“James Turnbull: I think there are three key
reasons why Nagios is superior to many other products in this
area–ease of use, extensibility and community. Getting a Nagios
server up and running generally only takes a few minutes. Nagios is
also easily integrated and extended either by being able to receive
data from other applications or sending data to reporting engines
or other tools. Lastly, Nagios has excellent documentation backed
up with a great community of users who are helpful, friendly and
knowledgeable. All these factors make Nagios a good choice for
enterprise management in small, medium and even large
enterprises…”