Comment by secabeen
Network visualization tools have generally been a solution in search of a problem for me. At both work and home, my network is very stable and unchanging.
Network visualization tools have generally been a solution in search of a problem for me. At both work and home, my network is very stable and unchanging.
I think these tools are generally more for alerting and the visualization is just a nice to have feature. At least that's how I've always used them.
NMS systems are useful for monitoring large networks where something is likely to fail due to sheer quantity of devices/interfaces. Visualization is secondary to state capture and alerting.