We've been fairly happy with ServersAlive. Their free version is crippled only in that it will do a total of 10 processes. That is, it could do one process on 10 servers, 5 processes on 2 servers, etc. The paid version is nearly without limits.
One caveat. Just because a monitor says a process is running does not mean it is functioning correctly. One could probably set up a more rigorous battery of "tests" for checking on things. Just something to be aware of... -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. paul chinnery <pdw1...@hotmail.com> wrote on 06/02/2009 12:49:51 PM: > I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that > monitors servers. I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time. > It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The > issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our > application servers stopped. This caused a doctor's orders to our > Rehab Dept to not print out. He was not amused.) > Right now I'm trying our Event Sentry but it's a bit clunky and hard > to configure. (Perhaps trying to do too much.) > I'm also looking at Solar Winds product and GFI's product. > > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don?t worry about storage limits. > Check it out. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
