Builtin-SNMP-Functions or snmpwalk/get?

[maenu]

with perl/php you have the ability to
1. use internal snmp-functions or
2. to start snmpwalk/get and parse the output
if you want to get snmp-data..

Which solution is better/faster/uses less memory?

did anyone some benchmarks? experience?

regards,
mänu

[bulek]

For me it looks like the following:

1. easy to use
faster command execution
basic functionality

2. flexibility (snmp v1, 2c and 3 covered)
slower because of external process execution time
faster in some cases (like bulk operations)

- Piotr