Computer monitoring systems are used to gather data for the purpose of real-time incident notification, performance analysis, and system health verification. Without such a tool, a system administrator would have to login to each machine to collect information on a regular basis. This kind of repetitive task can be automated using a system monitoring tool. System monitoring can also help identify problems before they escalate to emergency status. This type of software is not only useful for network administrators. Home users with a small network or even just a single computer will benefit from advanced notification provided by system monitoring tools. Knowing that free space on the hard disk is running out, or that a particular server/daemon has gone down can be extremely useful.
The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems.
BigDaddy is an application built to monitor servers and applications in a business environment. It was created at BioWare Corp. between 2002 and 2007 to monitor various servers and applications and has been now released to the Open Source Community in the hopes that it will be useful. Download a VMWare appliance to immediately test out the application.
GroundWork Open Source, the fastest growing provider of open source IT management software, delivers the right solution to ensure unprecedented network, system and application availability. We combine all the advantages of open source software with superior functionality, documentation, and professional support to give you unprecedented visibility and control of your entire IT infrastructure. With GroundWork Open Source you get enterprise-class IT management at a fraction of the cost. Ground Work Open Source – IT Management that is just RIGHT.
ZABBIX offers advanced monitoring, alerting and visualisation features today which are missing in other monitoring systems, even some of the best commercial ones.
Hyperic HQ software delivers unparalleled visibility for web infrastructure to today’s IT professional. Hyperic HQ is an easy to use portal designed to auto-discover and start managing your infrastructure with one click. Open source, and available free through the industry preferred GPL license, we also offer our Silver Support package which includes additional, low cost business hours support.