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A Comparative Analysis of Open Source Network Monitoring Tools

Published:2016-04 Issue:2 Volume:7 Page:1-19
ISSN:1942-3926
Container-title:International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes
language:en
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Author:

Al Shidhani Ali¹,Al Maawali Khalil²,Al Abri Dawood³,Bourdoucen Hadj⁴

Affiliation:

1. The Research Council of Oman, Information and Communications Technology Research, Muscat, Oman

2. Information Technology Authority, Seeb, Oman

3. Sultan Qaboos University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Muscat, Oman

4. Sultan Qaboos University, Communication and Information Research Center, Muscat, Oman

Abstract

Nowadays, the heavy reliance on computer networks necessitates minimizing outage time, increasing the availability of services, and preventing network related problems. Such realization requires continuous monitoring and observation. This is not a trivial task. Thus, automatic network monitoring tools are deployed to monitor and analyze the traffic trespassing network devices. There is an increasing demand for automated network monitoring tools and selecting a suitable candidate can become a challenging task. Some computerized network monitoring tools and systems are available, including expensive proprietary/closed-source solutions and Free Open Source Software (FOSS) systems. Three of the most popular FOSS network monitoring systems are: Nagios, OpenNMS and Zabbix. They are solid competitors to the available proprietary solutions. This paper evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of these tools. A qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the tools were conducted through monitoring real-time network traffic. The paper presents a thorough comparison between the tools. The comparison results are vital for network administrators wishing to adopt the studied monitoring tools.

Publisher

IGI Global

Subject

Software

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