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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Also, given the wide variety of monitoring systems out there, are they</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> sure they want to reinvent this wheel?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Well, it's what Quest does... We have I/Watch, FogLight, and BigBrother on the monitoring side, and the various SpotLights on the diagnostic side.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I'll grant one exception to the whole scheme, and that is if they are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> planning to leverage an already well-defined protocol for management/</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> monitoring, such as JMX. In such a case, the benefits gained might</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> just tip the balance. An intelligent native interface to an </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> appropriate</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> C API wrapped by a JMX node might be OK.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I will lay very long odds that the folk involved know nothing about JMX.</FONT>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>Cheers,</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2>Gary B-)</FONT>
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