| Ping |
PINGs are used to check whether a device is reachable through the network. |
| Port |
Tries to connect to the specified TCP/IP port number of a device and waits for the request to be accepted. |
| NTP |
Monitors an NTP server (Network Time Protocol) |
| HTTP |
Monitors a web server using one or more techniques including:
- Verifiying page loading (website availability)
- Performing test transactions (checking shopping cart functionality)
- Verifying page loading or file download times from multiple worldwide locations
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| FTP |
Monitors FTP servers (File Transfer Protocol) and FTPS servers (FTP over SSL) |
| TFTP |
Monitors a TFTP server (Trivial FTP) |
| DNS |
Monitors a DNS server (Domain Name Service) |
| WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) |
Monitors a wide range of measurements on Windows servers such as:
- CPU load
- Available memory
- Uptime
- Network interface traffic
- Pagefile usage
- Free disk space
- Windows event log entries
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| MS SQL Server |
Monitors metrics such as open connections, deadlocks or custom application metrics |
| MS Exchange |
Monitors key metrics of an MS Exchange Server |
| Hard Disk Health |
Monitors the health of IDE disk drives using SMART |
| SMTP |
Monitors a mail server using SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). Can optionally send a test email with every check. |
| LDAP |
Monitors LDAP directory services (e.g. Active Directory, OpenLDAP, etc.) |
| POP3 |
Monitors a mail server using POP3 (Post Office Protocol V3) |
| SMTP&POP3 Round Trip |
Sends an email to the parent device using SMTP and then checks a POP3 mailbox until the email comes in. |
| IMAP |
Monitors a mail server using IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) |
| SMTP&IMAP Round Trip |
Sends an email to the parent device using SMTP and then checks an IMAP mailbox until the email comes in. |
| RDP (Remote Desktop) |
Monitors remote desktop services (RDP, Terminal Services Client) |
| SNMP Traffic |
Monitors bandwidth and traffic on servers, PCs, switches, etc. using SNMP |
| SNMP Library |
Monitors Cisco interfaces and queue, Dell systems and storages, APC UPS (battery ems status), etc. |
| ASP.NET website health monitoring |
Monitors the health of an ASP.NET website or application. Examples of events that can be monitoring include:
- Application starts and stops
- Failed logins
- Unhandled exceptions
- Heartbeat monitoring
- Authentication ticket expirations
- Request validation failures
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| Custom Application Monitoring |
Almost any conceivable monitoring of a running application or operating system such as:
- Call centre queue size
- Web store shopping cart
- Website page bounce rate
- Website live chat stats
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