In addition, I believe that systems management should be automated to the fullest extent possible. Manual processes should be minimized to gain maximum benefit from any form of systems management. As a former network manager, however, I struggled with what systems management platforms to implement. The framework products that do everything are too complex. Point products are a pain to maintain.
Life is full of trade-offs.
I found the vendors' proposals interesting. I was also very surprised at some of the costs for the solutions, especially the one from a particular vendor that had a very attractive overall cost, as well as cost per port. This vendor was somewhat difficult for us to work with. Once again, a great article. Thanks for the good work.