RE: Better Syslog server

Hi,

> I disagree on the first point - SNMP's network protocol is yucky, the
> programming API's are no better, and all in all it seems to make less
> sense, considering the applications that deal with it such as openview
> are also cryptic and a pain in the neck.

Yes, SNMP is more complex than syslog. Not because SNMP is complex itself, but because syslog is trivial. None force you to use HPOV - there are pleny of other tools (like, SMC http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/sunmanagementcenter/faq/snmp.html -- we are in "focus-sun" :) ) -- but in the enterprise environment it is usually makes sence to have a single point of control -- and SNMP is better for this.

I mean that doing syslog() should initiate SNMP trap, so about what API change are you talking? What could be easer, than syslog()? (Okay, I don't mean Ultrix :) )

If syslog could initiate a SNMP trap instead of or in addition to the usual logging, there will be no change for applications' programmers.

Best regards,
Vladimir Received on Mon Mar 24 18:47:17 2003