Server Monitoring Software

[young_lew]

Hey People, does anyone know of any server monitoring software?

I'm sure there must be something out there where you can view the status of all of your network servers from one management window.

I friend suggested i use Nagios but i would need to run that on Centos (Linux).

All our Servers are windows based and all my experience is with Windows architecture so i'd prefer to find software which will run on Windows (whether it be 2003 or 2008 it doesn't matter)

So does something like this exist or have i just imagined it, maybe i should invent it? Dragons Den?

Anyway, any help is appreciated

 

[Adamio]

I've installed Spiceworks on a small office network and it's not too bad

Can setup email alerts for a machine going down, software installed/uninstalled, low disc space etc

 

[Longy]

http://www.health-monitor.com/

 

[young_lew]

Cheers for the links i'll have a look

 

[Clart]

we use nagios, its pretty good!

 

[McBunny]

i have an install of spice works its not bad really

 

[KDF]

I use nagios too. Very flexible centralised solution and is configured to send email and txt alerts when a server goes down.

 

[David]

we use solarwinds among others. not bad

 

[Mike_182]

SolarWinds Orion.
Mutiny - although it's appliance-based.
ServerAssist - not my favourite, mind!
SpiceWorks - although it's a 'community' thing and I don't like how intrusive it is.

 

[ChrisR]

Use Solarwinds for network monitoring and SCOM for server and other things.

 

[Cookie]

We use Solarwinds for nearly everything

 

[Robb]

We use PRTG which seems to do the job pretty well.