This doesn't seem much simpler than Prometheus+Grafana, if it all.
Some pushback:
- SNMP sucks. It's very limited, difficult to secure, etc. I've spent a lot of time with it, and it's more complex than Prometheus' simple HTTP metrics model. I use it where I have to (non-server devices), but I prefer dealing with Prometheus.
- Grafana is not necessarily complex. It's powerful, and you can waste a lot of time overinvesting in dashboard design, but that's not required. It can be used quite elegantly.
μMon does seem like "old school for the sake of old school". SNMP and RRDTool were designed when memory & bandwidth were much more limited. I will happily trade the overheads of HTTP and static Go binaries for the much superior UX they offer.
Some pushback:
- SNMP sucks. It's very limited, difficult to secure, etc. I've spent a lot of time with it, and it's more complex than Prometheus' simple HTTP metrics model. I use it where I have to (non-server devices), but I prefer dealing with Prometheus.
- Grafana is not necessarily complex. It's powerful, and you can waste a lot of time overinvesting in dashboard design, but that's not required. It can be used quite elegantly.
μMon does seem like "old school for the sake of old school". SNMP and RRDTool were designed when memory & bandwidth were much more limited. I will happily trade the overheads of HTTP and static Go binaries for the much superior UX they offer.