Computer
Network Monitoring
Computer Network monitoring
is a part of Computer Network Management that
is described as keeping a continuous watch
on the activities on the computer network
to look for any suspicious activities or signs
of any failing devices.
Network Monitoring system are installed to
supervise and protect WAN (Wide Area Network),
LAN (Local Area Network), application software,
web and local servers, switches and other
network devices, and more. Computer Network
Monitoring is a source that can help the network
administrators to enhance and improvise their
computer network.
Most of the times, a good Computer Network
Monitoring System will be able to detect a
glitch even at the very starting stages of
its formation. Even before the problem actually
develops into something grave, the Computer
Network Monitor will inform the network administrator.
With time on their side now, the network administrator
can find out and implement the solution to
the problem. In cases more serious than others,
the company can call for replacement from
their server dealers. The work is not hampered
and the company need not suffer due to technical
problems.
Along with alarming the computer network administrator
in times of problems, the computer network
monitoring system can also provide guidance
on the steps one should take to keep the network
healthy and error free.
At times when it reports glitches, the computer
network monitoring systems can also provide
the user with typical ways in which the problem
can be solved. It can generate highly readable
reports including graphical representation
of statistical data (most of the network monitoring
systems use different colours to depict different
situations), history of the network related
to similar kind of problems and more.
Computer Network Monitoring Systems can also
log the network information continuously,
which can help them later to identify problems
much earlier than before. For general problem
scenarios, a dynamic computer network monitor
can even take pre-defined actions like running
a loaded script, rebooting the computer system
or servers etc.
A simple test that can be performed by a computer
network monitoring system its sending a message
to the email server through SMTP (Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol) and measure the time take
for the server to response to the message.
The response time can be used to decide the
status of the server, good, overloaded or
dead.
Perpetual and vigilant monitoring of the computer
network can help the Network Monitoring Systems
to take decisions on status of slow or failing
systems, and can notify the network administrator
in times of outages.
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