Cacti -vs- mrtg

[Jonathan McKeown]

On Tuesday 07 November 2006 09:48, Jeff Mohler wrote:
> I can use MRTG, and have MRTG do what I want it to do.
>
> Id like to try cacti, but..am I alone in finding that it's a PITA?
>
> Im not trying to be negative, just looking for a reality check.
>
> I like the simplicity of mrtg, but I like the "go back in time" of
> cacti to view performance data.

I wasn't keen on cacti just because I have an irrational dislike of PHP.

I installed cricket (written in Perl), which ISTR also takes a bit of 
wrestling to configure, but seems to work well enough.

Jonathan