Reasons to Implement a Network Monitoring System Into Your Business
So what is monitored?
A lot of network monitoring tools can be configured to monitor the parts of your network you wish to keep an eye on, but on the hole the following should be standard.
Security;
The following security related issues should be monitored on a daily basis.
• Anti-virus software.
• Server backups, online and local.
• Critical network updates.
• Hacking.
• Hardware firewall performance.
Hardware monitoring.
All business critical hardware should be monitored, i.e. your servers. Server RAID stability should be checked along with CPU, RAM and hard disk stability.
Network performance monitoring.
Again this monitoring mainly evolves round the server. Hard disk space will be monitored along with user/system folder and file size, windows services, your internet stability and general performance of your server including the health of your hardware plus other aspects such as memory usage and exchange server store size.
The monitoring system we use also keeps us informed of any problems we may have with software applications on the server, for example if an application becomes inaccessible then we will be alerted to the fact.
How does the system keep us informed if there are any problems?
The system we use has a dashboard which is accessible from the internet. We also get alerts emailed directly to our inbox and you can also configure the system to text alerts to your phone.
I reckon that a lot of people could benefit from using this system. We bought ours from an IT Support London based company that we have used before and it's very good but there are many more out there. Hunt around and get the best price available.
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