This software is quite easy to use, but very basic compared to more professional software serving its purpose.

A local help-file is provided (Ashraf is wrong about this; check for "Server Health Notifier.chm").

@Ashraf "One dimensional – lacking in terms of having the ability to fix or prevent the errors/problems" is no bad at all because fixing problems is not a monitor-functionality, signaling possible problems is.
Mostly human action is involved to work out what to do to tackle the problem; no such thing as a "solve-all-button".

SwineFlu Piggy  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+63)

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The Good
* Monitors CPU Usage, Free Physical Memory, Page File Usage, Network Usage, Dusk Usage, (number of) Threads, (a) Process, Web Server Connections.
* Can monitor local computer/server or a remote computer/server.
* Provides pop-up notifications when the "threshold" values have been passed.
* Ability to send e-mail notifications once the "threshold" values have been passed and an e-mail when the parameters have returned to normal.
* Ability to execute user defined program/command when the "threshold" values have been passed.
* Works on non-server computers also.

The Bad
* One dimensional - lacking in terms of having the ability to fix or prevent the errors/problems.
* No local Help file and developer's website only provides minimal assistance.

For final verdict, recommendations, and full review please click here.

Ashraf  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+47)

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It is best that this does not fix antthing. It is a monitor and only that so that is all it should do.

farther  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+22)

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Server Health Notifier


Several of you are so anxious to review the product of the day that you neglect to read the program's intended purpose before jumping in and commenting on what the program does and what the program fails to do. Too often the intended purpose of the program is completely missed by the reviewing party. The simple reviews that say "the program as everything it says it will do" are more accurate even if we leave out details. The problem leading to writing sloppy reviews appears amateur reviewers rushing to be the first to review the program with little regard to accuracy. Sometimes the review is so far off base that I am not so sure that the review is dealing with the same program that I am considering downloading from GOTD.

The developer describes today's offering as being a "server health notifier". It seems that if the developer has any idea of what he is talking about that the program should report on the state of health of a targeted server.

How does the following statement by a reviewer "The Bad
* One dimensional – lacking in terms of having the ability to fix or prevent the errors/problems."
address a single intended property of today's download?

And does this review do any better? "Good:
1.check your computer easily
2.show basic computer evaluate items.

My review. The program was downloaded, installed on a Windows XP Pro 32-bit system, aimed at a Windows 2003 server, the server was determined to be "healthy" when the e-mail sent to me by the program contained the report of the system resources used by the server showed the following to all be within expected limits:

Monitoring main system resources (CPU usage, Memory usage, Page file usage, etc).


I appreciate good reviews and I am willing to put confidence in what a reviewer details when I know that care was taken in reviewing the product. I know that the reviewers that I singled out today are capable of much better work.

Bigun  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+16)

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@1 - Not fair to say "One dimensional – lacking in terms of having the ability to fix or prevent the errors/problems."

This is presented as a "monitor" or "notifier". It's not supposed to be the function of the program to fix anything. As a sysadmin, I would rather be notified than have some 3rd party software trying to fix one of my servers.

jeff  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+11)

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