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RE: Network configuration archiving
From: Nolan Rollo <nrollo () kw-corp com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:56:30 +0000
Puppet, Chef, cfEngine, etc... the list goes on and on, it's a matter of taste (no chef pun intended) and what you're familiar with as well as what works for your device configurations and the management team -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth McRae [mailto:kenneth.mcrae () dreamhost com] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:45 PM To: Jimmy Hess Cc: nanog () nanog org Subject: Re: Network configuration archiving Hiw about SolarWinds Config Mgmt software? On Oct 24, 2013 8:38 PM, "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia () gmail com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Job Snijders < job.snijders () hibernianetworks com> wrote:Dear all, I am unsure what we as networkers have done in the past, but I am sure we've done our fair share of atonement and don't have to keep using RANCID.Does the nature of the codebase and future development matter all that much? Not to dismiss it as a factor, but I think other criteria should be more important :) Nrmally when I would want to compare software ---- I would be concerned first and foremost, (1) What does it do/what makes it unique -- is something special about package X over package Y?; (2) Does it meet all the minimum needs I have right now to be a viable solution? Does it grab all my configs and put them in a permanent revision control system? :) (3) How reliable is it, can I trust it? Is it very secure and safe to use? It's no good if it breaks, fails, or does something dangerous. How much care and feeding will it need to keep working? If it needs complex repair work every few weeks, I don't like it. (4) How easy is it to get up and running, and to perform any required ongoing maintenance (5) What extra nice to have functionality does it have? (6) Maybe other stuff like what language its written in, if extra features need to be added -- -JH
Current thread:
- Re: Network configuration archiving, (continued)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Saku Ytti (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Martin Pels (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Saku Ytti (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Phil Bedard (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving chip (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Saku Ytti (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Phil Bedard (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Saku Ytti (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Saku Ytti (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Kenneth McRae (Oct 24)
- RE: Network configuration archiving Nolan Rollo (Oct 24)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Tammy Firefly (Oct 24)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Kenneth McRae (Oct 24)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Jon Lewis (Oct 24)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Christopher Rogers (Oct 24)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Job Snijders (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Matthew Newton (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving R. Scott Evans (Oct 25)
- Re: Network configuration archiving Michael Kehoe (Oct 25)