Hi guys, need a recomendation for a routerboard to act as a Dude server I have a couple hundred devices that need snmp stats polled as well as pings and latency, I have lots of rb450g’s but im concerned that space will be a problem for keeping stats. I was planning on having a PC at my main location which would act as my syslog server too so i dont have to worry about logfiles cramming up my routerboard dude server.
How much space per snmp device gets taken up over time? I might have to invest in an rb433UAH for the storage add-ins for my remote site.
I had Dude databases around 2GB In size when monitoring ~400 devices for ping and an additional 30 devices for snmp throughput and wireless registration details, I also used it to collect syslog messages from around the network, but logging was minimal. I would never consider a RouterBOARD to host the Dude server. I did utilize RB450G’s at customer sites with the dude package installed, but only to use it as a remote agent back to the main Windows Dude server and only to reach devices that were otherwise hidden behind their NAT, but were our responsibility to monitor/manage. Other than setting the dude password, ports and security, the 450G’s had no Dude devices/configuration.
Yeah the RB solution is messed up since they have not fixed the web server or the fact you can’t back up your installation.
Windows XP or 2k3 is probably the least hassle, then w2k8 or w7 disable UAC and give your dude user admin. Someone is running it on Home server2011. Then if you don’t want windows there is wine but I have not used it although I bet it is fine since there is not much noise about things not working. Then you can at least export your configuration and copy the folder to make a primitive backup.