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New Zenoss Installation, an help to choose right version?

Subject:	New Zenoss Installation, an help to choose right version?
Author:	Alessandro Costa
Posted:	2017-12-21 10:22

Hi All,

I need to reinstall my zenoss in a new server (still not decide if virtual or physical).
and here I have the big question: which Zenoss version is the right one for my environment?

I red a lot in this forum and, if I'm not wrong, this is the situation:

Zenoss 4.2.5 is the more stable one, good for small environments, but EOL (or almost EOL).
Zenoss 5.x good for big environment and multiple collector
Zenoss 6.x mistery

This is my situation. First of all I am the only one who manages zenoss in my company, so basically no body
help me here in the configurations and management.
We use one collector only (maybe two in the future) and we monitor less than 200 devices. We have these kind of devices:

HP Linux Server (Proliant)
Windows 2012 R2 Server
VMWare Virtual Machine
Cisco Router and switch
Juniper Firewall
Fortinet Firewall
Enclosure Blade HP (OA, VC, ESXi)
San Switch Brocade
HP Disk Array and Tape Library

Until now We have used Zenoss 4.2.5 but we are scared because it is probably going End of Life (isn't it?) and We think that probaby new versions are better than the old version (new features, more security, more documentation and support in the future...). Are we wrong?
Which version do you suggest to install? What is your experience?

Thanks
Ale

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