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Top three system monitoring tools


Ken Milberg, Contributor
07.18.2008
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Service provider takeaway: With a wide range of system monitoring tools on the market, VARs can make a quicker recommendation to customers by choosing among these three top tools.

As most value-added resellers (VARs) know, integrating system monitoring tools is not as easy as deploying network monitoring software; you can't simply pick up the phone and order more HP OpenView licenses. While network monitoring is usually all about ensuring whether or not devices are running or have crashed, system monitoring tools need to provide details on the applications that reside on the hardware. And it's critical to work with products that encompass the full spectrum of operating systems, or, at the very


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least, Windows, Unix and Linux. Beyond that, mainframe support wouldn't hurt.

Complicating the selection process is the number of system monitoring tools on the market -- there are a lot of them. So to help make your selection process easier, we've evaluated the options and selected the best tools for you to consider for your customers. We lay out why they're the best and how they'll help you help your clients.

About the author
Ken Milberg heads a consulting firm, Unix-Linux Solutions. He has more than 20 years of experience with Unix and Linux systems, as well as broad technical and functional experience with AIX, HP, SCO and Solaris.

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