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Old 03-01-2013
Data Server Monitoring Suggestions
Hi all - newb here.

We're a Windows shop and I'm looking for something [free] that I could stand up to monitor various aspects of our servers. I'm specifically looking for something that can:
  1. verify that servers are up [& responding]
  2. verify services are up [& responding]
  3. verify remote sites are up/accessible
  4. monitor CPU & memory (warn when its above X% sustained for Y mins etc)
  5. monitor latency between this site and the remote site
  6. monitor disk usage (e.g.: warning when its down to 10% etc.)
  7. monitor things like disk queue length (like performance monitor)
  8. monitor exchange specific things like number of mailboxes left to crawl, oustanding batches & outstanding documents to index (again, like performance monitor)
  9. monitor other things like IIS, BES, Lotus Notes, DFS, IronPort - custom services etc

I'm hoping for some sort of nifty frontend that others could have up on monitor/projector to keep an eye on general health & maybe highlight 'problem' areas.

I don't know, but, I suspect I'll need something like Nagios, SmokePing and/or Edoceo to tackle this. Since I have 0 experience with any of these, I figured checking with the community first might be best.

Many thanks!
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Old 03-01-2013
You did not say on what platforms...
Yes NAgios or even The Xymon Monitor is a good start...
# 3  
Old 03-01-2013
Nagios is the best solution to your requirement. It is 100% free. It has plugins to do some of what you listed, and the ones that are left, you can write up simple scripts to do them for you, via nagios.
 
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