iControl web app to generate data for Cacti graphing

My SNMP point wasn't about these specific examples (like virtual servers and pools) but about 'the almost endless possibilities of using iControl and this output method.' We use several of the SNMP templates in existence for virtual servers, total connections, etc, as well, but this method can output anything obtainable from iControl.

 

 

For clarity, are you saying that 'SNMP can get just as much data as iControl can?' If so, I was unaware of that and my statement is clearly, wrong (ignorant, doh!) and I would re-word it as 'this method gives you access to start graphing statistics, such as the connections to each pool member, in Cacti - since Cacti isn't designed for complex/arbitrary structures.' And thank you for the clarification.

 

 

But is that true - that SNMP can get as much data as iControl?

 

 

The other benefit I like, of this method (that I probably just do not know how to accomplish with SNMP!) is one data input method to gather various pieces of data from multiple sites. For example, all pool stats from X virtual servers in data center A, all pool stats from virtual server Y in data center B and all virtual stats from data center C - which is meaningful for us since those particular applications might all be related, giving us one snapshot of all the data.

 

 

Thoughts?