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.
