Server Monitoring

 

Any network will consist of different types of servers such as file servers, web servers, email servers, compute servers, and application servers. Server Monitoring from Altnix provides insights into the reliability of the server hardware such as Uptime, CPU, Memory, and Storage. In addition, Server monitoring can also indicate whether a particular server is performing the exact function that it is supposed to provide. Server monitoring is an essential tool in determining functional and performance failures in infrastructure assets.

 

Benefits of Server Monitoring

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 Availability and Uptime Guarantee: Using ping responses, server monitoring provides information on Server availability and uptimes. Whenever a server goes does, the monitoring tool can provide immediate alerts. Corrective actions can then be taken to get the server back online thereby minimizing failures in the infrastructure. 
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 Functional and Performance Analysis: Server monitoring provides information about hardware resource usage such as CPU, RAM, and storage. Using Server monitoring you can identify which servers are performing well versus which are not performing well. In addition, server monitoring also provides functional information on whether a particular server is correctly providing the functionality that is meant to provide.
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Trending Analysis and Future Planning: Using performance and usage trends, server monitoring can be used for capacity planning as per future business goals. Server monitoring allows for pro-active management of your server assets.

 

Server Monitoring Solution

Altnix provides database monitoring solutions for a variety of servers including proprietary and open source technology-based servers.

Server monitoring from Altnix is available as on-premise monitoring implementation.

Server Hardware Monitoring

Altnix can monitor all server hardware related parameters such as ping response and server uptime, processor (CPU) usage, memory (RAM) usage, and hard disk storage usage. Server hardware monitoring gives information about the health of the server hardware itself. Any failure in the hardware will obviously impact the functionality of that server. Hence hardware monitoring of the server is a basic requirement for all server monitoring use cases.

Web Server Monitoring

Webservers commonly use Apache or IIS as the backend that serves webpages. Webserver monitoring provides information about all web services related metrics such as web transaction statistics, protocol statistics, and web server availability. You can also monitor a specific web application that is running over the web. Further, a particular URL or webpage can be monitored for specific keywords indicating the correct operation of the website.

Email Server Monitoring

All organizations use email servers such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Zimbra Mail Server, Postfix mail server, Sendmail server, or Dovecot mail server. Typically these mail servers use SMTP protocol for serving mails. Altnix can monitor email servers that give information about mail service availability, mail-related statistics, mail send and receive, as well as the performance of the mail server. Email server monitoring ensures that the mail service is available without any break in service. Any unusual behavior such as spam or viruses can be tracked immediately and corrective action is taken.

File Server Monitoring

File servers are common in scenarios where there are multiple users who want to exchange files in a collaborative environment such as Sharepoint or Alfresco. File Server monitoring provides information about file and folder structure, file sizes, folder sizes, and space utilization on the file server. File Server monitoring is useful for managing the storage and backup space.

Application Server Monitoring

Different organizations run several applications to satisfy their business needs. Monitoring these applications provides information about Application availability. You can also monitor specific processes within these applications including performance, processor, and memory usage. Such process monitoring provides essential insights into the performance bottlenecks of such applications. This insight helps in fine-tuning the application and deriving maximum performance in line with your business requirements.