Re: IPAM recommendations

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

Todd,

I don’t think this is a reasonable understanding of Nanog. Nanog members ask each other for operational tool 
recommendations all the time, and since these products are right up the alley of Nanog’s mission — network operations — 
it’s a perfectly reasonable use of Nanog.

But you read a single comment without researching any Nanog history, which would immediately show you how frequently 
Nanog serves in just this kind of valuable role, THAT’S unkind.

 -mel

On Sep 5, 2019, at 2:56 AM, Todd Underwood <toddunder () gmail com<mailto:toddunder () gmail com>> wrote:

i don't think that this is a reasonable use of nanog.  if you have research to present and then a question to ask, 
that's totally great.  this is especially true if you can add evaluative criteria and information before asking 
questions from people who have relevant experience.

you read a single web page and are asking nanog to do your homework for you.  that's unkind and is taking advantage of 
the attention and goodwill of the community here.  this is becoming a pattern.  please either do some research yourself 
and start a conversation substantively, or look to paid consultants to evaluate your software/hardware/datacenter 
space/networking gear etc.

best,

t



On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 4:42 AM Mehmet Akcin <mehmet () akcin net<mailto:mehmet () akcin net>> wrote:
Not much beyond this, https://appuals.com/the-5-best-ip-address-management-ipam-software/

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 5:39 PM Todd Underwood <toddunder () gmail com<mailto:toddunder () gmail com>> wrote:
What have you evaluated so far?  Can you share your evaluation grid, how you selected the candidates, how you are 
weighting criteria and specific interesting findings so far?

Thanks!

t

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 4:37 AM Mehmet Akcin <mehmet () akcin net<mailto:mehmet () akcin net>> wrote:
Looking for IPAM recommendations, preferably open source, API is a plus (almost must, almost..). 40-50K IPs to be 
managed.

thanks in advance.