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What is Zabbix?
Zabbix is an open-source network performance monitoring software. It includes prebuilt official and community-developed templates for integrating with networks, applications, and endpoints, and can automate some monitoring processes.
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It immediately alerts when there is a link down, device down, high resource …
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"The network guardian, excellent product."
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An amazing, very flexible and free monitoring platform
It is …
A powerful, customizable and flexible monitoring tool
One monitoring tool that has it all
Zabbix a good solution if you have the time to dive in.
Reliable monitoring for a perfect profile of your network assets and connections.
Zabbix is the best open source-based NOC platform you can find
Best FOSS software for monitoring
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What is Zabbix?
Zabbix is an open-source network performance monitoring software. It includes prebuilt official and community-developed templates for integrating with networks, applications, and endpoints, and can automate some monitoring processes.
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What is Zabbix?
Zabbix is an open-source network performance monitoring software. The core program is free, with paid support from the vendor. It provides out-of-the-box templates from Zabbix and community developers. Zabbix includes network health measurements, including memory utilization, packet loss rate, and predictive trends in bandwidth usage and downtimes. These measurements can be adjusted using custom thresholds for network health and security issue alerts.
Zabbix also offers automation capabilities, including automatic network detection, configuration management, and report generation. It also enables remote and scripted remediation efforts when an issue is detected. The open-source format of the software is designed to support customization by users and the community.
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Users of Zabbix have made several recommendations based on their experiences with the open-source monitoring tool.
Many reviewers suggest setting up a separate virtual server for Zabbix to facilitate an easy installation and configuration process. This approach allows for better manageability and flexibility in integrating Zabbix into existing infrastructure.
Zabbix is highly recommended for its ability to provide customizable alerts and monitoring capabilities. Users appreciate the flexibility to tailor notifications according to their specific requirements, allowing them to stay informed about critical events and issues.
Several users recommend Zabbix specifically for network performance monitoring. They find it suitable for large-scale environments, making it an ideal choice for big companies that need to monitor metrics across tens of thousands of devices.
While many users find Zabbix to be a valuable monitoring tool, some have also noted a few considerations. It has been mentioned by some reviewers that Zabbix may not be very intuitive and can be challenging to set up initially. To overcome this hurdle, users advise seeking support from the Zabbix IRC channel or having a Linux administrator assist with the server setup.
A few users have observed that Zabbix can be resource hungry compared to other monitoring solutions like Nagios. They mention that tuning and optimizing Zabbix may require additional effort to achieve optimal performance.
Overall, reviewers recommend conducting due diligence and planning ahead before implementing Zabbix. While it may require some initial investment in terms of time and resources, users find that Zabbix offers comprehensive monitoring capabilities and steadily improves its user interface over time. For smaller businesses or those utilizing virtual machines, reviewers suggest giving Zabbix a try as it can be deployed effectively in such environments.
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(1-22 of 22)Zabbix honest review from a satisfied user
I think anybody with minimum networking or computer knowledge can watch tutorials and implement this solution easily.
Also it has great community support and forums
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- SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (npm) and SolarWinds ipMonitor
Zabbix is a way more flexible and has free integrations to a wide range of technologies. It is also more 'user friendly' and easy to manage.
A powerful, customizable and flexible monitoring tool
One monitoring tool that has it all
- LogicMonitor and Datadog
Zabbix a good solution if you have the time to dive in.
Zabbix is the best open source-based NOC platform you can find
Best FOSS software for monitoring
- SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, SolarWinds Log & Event Manager, SolarWinds N-central, SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer, SolarWinds Network Device Monitor, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Remote Monitoring & Management, SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor, SolarWinds Virtualization Manager, SolarWinds VoIP and Network Quality Manager, Solarwinds Storage Resource Monitor, Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor, Nagios, Zenoss Cloud, New Relic, Datadog, WhatsUp Gold, Dynatrace, Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring and PRTG Network Monitor
New Relic is more for Application Monitoring, but the New Relic Infrastructure is a direct competitor. Datadog and Zenoss Cloud are similar. In all cases, infrastructure monitoring is both stronger and cheaper using Zabbix. It is also available on-prem, whereas these other options are not. However, the application side is better for New Relic and Datadog. Have not used Zenoss Cloud to determine it's strength in Application monitoring.
For SolarWinds (all components), WhatsUpGold, and PRTG Network Monitor, Zabbix is an equal competitor. It is cheaper up front, with no recurring subscription or renewal costs (though there are support costs if you choose to purchase it). It can be more difficult, especially compared to WhatsUpGold, which is the easiest to use of all of them (and least flexible). Overall, it is a question of where your money is spent moreso than how much with any of these options.
Nagios is FOSS software as well, but much more difficult to get to a usable state. Once in place, it is probably equal to Zabbix for maintaining.
Finally, Dynatrace is by far the best solution, but it is at a significant price over and above the other options available. It was just too expensive for us to consider our needs.
Zabbix Power Users
- Datadog, SolarWinds Log & Event Manager and AppDynamics
Big fans of Large-Scale Zabbix for a decade
The Customizability of Zabbix is Awesome
- Nagios, SolarWinds IPAM, Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor, Splunk Enterprise, New Relic APM, New Relic Infrastructure and Datadog
Zabbix is Overall a good tool
- AppDynamics and Datadog
Zabbix - The Monitoring Swiss Army Knife
- Nagios and Spiceworks
Zabbix - A must have tool in your infrastructure
However, the disadvantages of Nagios like needing an addon (NRPE) to monitor remote system internals (open files, running processes, memory, etc), no charting of monitored values (different systems like "Cacti" or "Nagiosgraph" can be bolted on) and the web interface being read only, we decided to go for Zabbix because of the extra features it provides when stacked up against Nagios.
Zabbix just works
- Nagios and PandoraFMS
Zabbix 2.4 in a fairly large environment
Zabbix gives you flexibility, but there's a cost associated with it.
In summary Zabbix's main strength comes from the fact that if you can script it you can monitor it, but that also comes at a cost since you have to be willing to put in the time to get everything setup just the way you want it. The competition seems to be easier to setup/start using out of the box, but Zabbix in my experience is more flexible. So depending on your needs choose the solution that best fits your needs.