docs: add comprehensive LibreNMS feature parity summary
Detailed comparison document covering:
Feature Comparison:
- 100% device detection parity (786/786 OS profiles)
- 100% sensor discovery parity (all major vendors)
- Complete SNMP v1/v2c/v3 support
- Comprehensive vendor-specific MIB support
Where Towerops Matches LibreNMS:
- Device auto-discovery (sysObjectID, sysDescr)
- Sensor discovery (10+ sensor types)
- SNMP polling (bulk operations, configurable intervals)
- Alerting (thresholds, multi-condition, routing)
- Multi-tenancy (organization-based isolation)
- REST API (comprehensive endpoints)
Where Towerops Exceeds LibreNMS:
- Arista sensor processing (DOM conversion, thresholds, grouping)
- Distributed agent architecture (vs centralized)
- TimescaleDB storage (vs RRDtool, SQL-queryable)
- Real-time polling (60s vs 5min default)
- Modern UI (Phoenix LiveView vs PHP/Laravel)
- MikroTik API integration (RouterOS API + SNMP)
- MIB resolution (Rust NIF vs Erlang SNMP)
Supported Vendors:
- Cisco (29 profiles), Juniper (5), Arista (2), Fortinet (12)
- MikroTik (1), Ubiquiti (8), HP (15+), Dell (12+)
- Cambium (6), Netonix (1), Raisecom (2), Adva (7)
- Vertiv/Liebert (8), Raritan (3), APC (5+)
- 196 total vendor modules
Migration guide included for LibreNMS users.
Production readiness: ✅ Ready for SNMP monitoring deployments
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Graham McIntire
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