How do you monitor servers?

[turbovps]

how do you monitor servers and services?
Third party monitoring services like hyperspin , desktop based monitoring tools or ?

 

[Matthew]

I have used Alexa in the past to monitor HTTP, POP and SMTP if I remember correctly. I havent used any desktop based monitoring tools before.

 

[Contiloop]

I really like this one www.siteuptime.com

 

[SharedRack.com]

Nice tracker: http://host-tracker.com

 

[maxknight26]

Hi,

If you are Linux savvy then there is nothing like Nagios. If you are looking for something that runs on Windows platform, check out Servers Alive.

I've used both and am very happy with the results.

 

[ANMMark]

Just wanted to point out that this thread is a little old.

On topic...
We use our own software.

 

[Chris_M]

Nagios works pretty well for me.

 

[Kevin K]

We use Nagios and Hyperspin. You can never be to complete on making sure the servers are up and running as they should.

 

[servmap]

hyperspin for me

 

[xzbackup]

we have multi-location Centreon boxes monitoring our network infrastructure. It is basically Nagios but with a better front end, and user management.

http://www.centreon.com/

 

[ValcatoAdam]

Another vote for Hyperspin here.