Oh mighty list,
I am curious what tools you use to generate monthly usage and billing
reports for your execs? I am not really looking for a RRD type
solution, rather a page I can pull up and gives me the numbers (95p,
cost, overage, etc.) for the past month. Copy and paste into a
spreadsheet, job complete....
We are getting to the point where we have multiple datacenters and
numerous uplinks and circuits for each, I find I am spending too many
hours each month compiling data.
I was thinking about writing some quick scripts to poll the router
interfaces and put it to database, but I figured I would ask before
re-inventing the wheel.
Thanks in advance!
Isaac
Hi,
1. ETINC - www.etinc.com - Really good with a mysql backend and gives you
exactly what you are looking for. You can either buy the software and build
it into a FreeBSD box or you can get the already built appliance. The price
point is also quite good
2. Allot - www.allot.com -Comes with a lot of features and has a good
reporting mechanism. They have boxes of different sizes and add on software
for reports etc. higher priced but works very well.
Regards
Raymond Macharia
Arbor boxes (E30/E100) also do this kind of reporting with very granular
options - not cheap, but work well...
Paul
I am curious what tools you use to generate monthly usage and billing
reports
This :
I was thinking about writing some quick scripts to poll the router
interfaces and put it to database,
Mainly because organisations have different methods for managing the flow of business metrics inside the org, e.g. crm/accounting packages/policies/products, and by writing your own glue between them you can automate the human error prone stages like this :
a page I can pull up and gives me the numbers (95p,
cost, overage, etc.) for the past month. Copy and paste into a
spreadsheet, job complete....
Andy