Server Monitoring software.

[DXD]

Sure I could ping the machine and what not. But what I'm thinking of writing was something that monitored memory and cpu usage and maybe emailed me when either were in high demand for any given amount of time. Was also thinking of having it email me if the server reboots.

Is there something like this already out there for windows? If not I'll be writing it.

[Tim]

I use MRTG. I have it configured to monitor CPU, memory, etc...

www.mrtg.org

[DXD]

That looks like it's cool but looks like it uses SNMP which I know very very little about, but it would be cool if you could see the traffic from the router to your server or servers in a graph format.

Looking at the documentation it appears GREEK to me ro you have to really understand SNMP. I installed it on my desktop pc to play with here but I have no clue how to turn SNMP on or anything.

I think I was looking for something a little simpler to use.

Like to Monitor ther PerfMon items in windows.

Like setup something for the CPU Usage. Simply Select the Perfmon item "CPU Usage" and if it's >= 90% for more then 60 seconds send email to xyz@domain.com

Simple interface and rules like that I think would be easier.

[csteelatgburg]

Still might not be as simple as what you're looking for, but you could give Big Brother (http://www.bb4.org/), or it's Open Source counterpart, Big Sister (http://bigsister.graeff.com/) a try.

[DXD]

That looks cool, I'll have to check that out.

I was looking at

ServerMonitoR 2.1
From HostDesk.net
Monitor your server's CPU usage, memory, disk and network traffic with history charts similar to MRTG.

it doesn't require SMNP but doesn't look like it has notifications.