op5 Network Monitoring Appliance is a complete monitoring solution shipped on a 19" server ready to be implement into your IT environment. This turnkey Network Monitoring Appliance include service and support for the hardware. If a hardware problem should occur the server is replaced within 24 hours.
op5 Network Monitoring Appliance server is tailor made specifically for op5's three applications:
Deployment options
op5 Monitor and op5 Statistics can be installed and operated on the same op5 Appliance Server. op5 LogServer requires its own standard or large server. This is due to processor and memory requirements.
What Appliance Should You Choose?
op5 Appliance Server
Entry
Standard
Large
Recommended for
Up to 100 hosts
100-500 hosts
+ 500 hosts
19” - IU optimized server
op5 Monitor
op5 Statistics
op5 LogServer
SMS Gateway
Option
Option
Option
Mail Server for notification
Processor
1 x Dual Core XEON E3110
1 x Quad Core XEON E5506
2 x Quad Core XEON E5506
Hard drive
1 x 160 GB SATA
2 x 146 GB SAS
2 x 146 GB SAS
RAM
1 GB
2 GB
4GB
DVD-ROM
Hardware RAID
Dual Power Supplies
option
op5 Standard Support replacement - 8x5 next business day
op5 Extended Support replacement - 24x7, 4 hours
option
option
option
* A host is an IP address, that is to say for example a router, switch, server or printer.
Our recommendations
op5 Entry System; For companies with up to 100 actively monitored hosts*
op5 Standard System: For companies with up to 500 monitored hosts*
op5 Large System: For companies with over 500 monitored hosts*
The choice of system is dependent on the size of the IT environment you wish to monitor, such as the number of ”checks” you want to perform per host and your need for redundancy. We have customers in all sizes, monitoring everything between twenty nodes up to customers with thousands of monitored hosts and tens of thousands of checks. Do not hesitate to contact us if you are uncertain or fill out information to get a quote and we will come back to you with an answer.
Upgrading, Scaling and Redundancy
All the systems support redundancy and load balancing. This allows for a system design with several op5 systems configured together.
Nagios Based Appliance
op5 Monitor is based on the popular and widely spread network monitoring software Nagios. The appliance with op5 Monitor is a Nagios appliance with several hundred added features and functions to deliver a turn key easy to use enterprise Nagios appliance. The benifits with using op5 Monitor as your Nagios appliance is that you get what you need out of the box, combined with support services, a respible part and automatic updates. Let us explain the benifits, contact us for a demo.