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[Ananke]

What good software do you recommend we check out? Everything is in-house coded currently; however there might be something good out there.

[DD-SNC]

NocWizard seems to be taking over.

[KarlZimmer]

Originally posted by DD-SNC
NocWizard seems to be taking over.

Because it is the only thing out there, it isn't especially good...

[Ananke]

I dont want anything like that, just simple IP and inventory

[SethEffectz]

Originally posted by Ananke
I dont want anything like that, just simple IP and inventory

Excel

no but to be serious.. i guess NocWizard is the only option...

[amc-james]

I've found commercial products to be very lacking where it counts. A customized system that integrates with billing is way more useful in the long run. I'd suggest sticking with what you have and making it more robust to fit around your company

[boskonay]

Build it yourself I think is the best option. Only you know how your business processes run, instead of changing them to suit a third party tool.

[Mfjp]

Excel and text file we use. RWhois tracks the IP usage.

[Ananke]

excel wont work for 750 servers lol

[eger]

i've been working on my own in house ip / host management system. it's shaping up really well and the majority of it has been done all with dreamweaver. it's not too hard to make an sql database and some pages that view and update info.

i would have to agree that excel or a simple database for ip / host / customer tracking can work fine. it has for me.

[Mfjp]

Excel works if you set it up correctly. You can also use something like Access to setup a DB

[amc-james]

I still insist that a custom solution will surpass excel, access, rwhois for tracking reasons. This will relate IP "ownership" back to the customer and billing records. If you've got the coders to make it happen, doing it this way and linking a rwhois daemon (or make your own) to this info will be prove to be invaluable.

[loopforever]

I would have to agree. An inhouse setup for something like this is extremely basic and is probably going to be the only viable way to manage your inventory. It would have been wise to have this configured from the beginning - now that you've got 750 machines, you'll be spending quite some time populating your database! :p

[Ananke]

Everything is in-house coded currently; however there might be something good out there.

[loopforever]

I take that back then! Tweaking what you already have would be much easier than porting things over to some new system. At least that's what I would do.