[TriLUG] OpenNMS and mapping

[Tarus Balog]

On Nov 17, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Shane O'Donnell wrote:

> Network management is about information collection (active and  
> passive) and
> display for someone who requires that information to do their job.   
> Maps are
> for managers.

I so agree, maps are evil. There is a group in Italy that is working on  
some for OpenNMS and they have a branch in our CVS, but I don't think  
any code has been contributed.

The average network size of our commercial support customers is around  
7000 nodes - just pretty much impossible to make a useful map out of  
it, that can be *maintained*. Sure, you can get one to work for a  
little while, but you'd find yourself spending half your time  
maintaining the map for little benefit.

-T
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