I ran Intermapper for 13 years. We had 6 Intermapper servers. Some on Mac OS X. Some on Linux. Intermapper on Linux is excellent.
I agree with Hans that you wouldn't want to use a VM if you only have a single Intermapper server. I also agree with Michael Graziano. If you are a Windows shop and monitoring Windows services is important to you then you should run Intermapper on a Windows Server so that you can use the WMI probes, which in my opinion are very good. On 2012-09-05, at 1:45 PM, Hans Heger wrote: > I are using macos from the beginning 1998, never had issues. I prefere > maxosx or linux using a standalone server. > Monitoring must be more or less independent so you hope to log the last > breath of your infrastructure. > I use the system also as a steppingstone to manage the network. > Using linux or macosx you get embedded all kind of standerd"cli" tooling > like snmp telnet ssh traceroute icmpping tail / greps on logfiles tcpdump. > > Delivered to you by RIVM Mobile environment. > > --Original message--- > Sender: Michael Graziano <[email protected]> > Sent time: 5 sep. 2012 21:47 > To: "InterMapper Discussion" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IM-Talk] Preferred OS for an InterMapper server > > Functionally I believe all the InterMapper releases are identical (with the > exception of WMI -- see below). I am probably the last slob running the > FreeBSD (5.x, crammed into a VM) version of InterMapper (converting to > Linux is on my list), and to Dartware's credit the InterMapper engine there > is as functional as on any of the fully supported platforms. > > Generally I would suggest an OS that you have deployed elsewhere in your > environment. If you're a Unix shop the Linux version is probably the way > to go simply based on adoption. > > The only exception I would note is that if you have Windows machines in > your environment and want to take advantage of the WMI probes > (http://download.dartware.com/docs/UserGuide52/Content/09-Reference/09-02-Probe_Reference/WMIprobes.htm) > you need to run InterMapper on a Windows server. > If you're in an environment where you would want the WMI probes Windows is > probably the logical choice anyway. > > On Sep 5, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Johan Landin wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> We are planning to replace our old InterMapper server with new hardware. > The current server is an Xserve (Late 2006) monitoring 1500 devices and > running InterMapper and InterMapper Remote Access under OS X. >> >> Are there any differences between the InterMapper versions for different > operating systems? >> >> Which operating system should be the preferred one for a new InterMapper > server? We are considering either OS X or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for > the new machine. >> >> Best Regards >> /Johan Landin, ITS Network >> >> > ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Johan Landin, PhD Tel: +46 31 772 2840 >> IT SERVICE Cell: +46 70 753 5840 >> Chalmers University of Technology Email: [email protected] >> SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden >> >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> List archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ >> To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected] >> > > - signature.asc > > ____________________________________________________________________ > List archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ > To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected] > ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected]
