HostMonitor 2.01 is a Server Monitoring product from twelsoft.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, Host Monitor is a highly scalable network monitoring program suitable for small and enterprise-level networks.
Probably you will say "There are dozens of programs like this" That is right! But please check what Host Monitor offers and compare its power and flexibility to surprisingly low price:
HostMonitor can check any TCP service, ping a host, check a route, monitor Web, FTP, Mail, DNS servers. It can check the available disk space, monitor size of a file or folder, check integrity of your files and web site; it tests your SQL servers, monitors network traffic and much, much more.
But what is of no less importance is how you can manage monitoring tasks ("test items" in our terminology). Test items can be organized into different groups (folders), each folder has its own settings such as color palette, list of reports, different statistic information, etc.
Tests can be performed on regular intervals (e.g. every 5 min) or on schedule (e.g. every Friday between 6pm and 9pm); tests can be performed directly by HostMonitor or they can be performed by Remote Monitoring Agents installed on remote network. Some tests may depend on another, e.g. you may easily configure HostMonitor to check 10 web servers when your primary router is up, and check another (backup) server when your primary router is down.
Network related tests
* Ping Tests the IP channel between monitoring system and an IP enabled computer or device.
* Trace Checks the route between monitoring system and an IP enabled computer or device.
* TCP Tests any TCP based services such as News, WhoIs, FTP, etc.
* UDP Checks UDP based servers such as TFTP, SNTP, Daytime, etc.
* NTP Tests NTP (network time protocol) service's availability and responsiveness.
* SMTP Checks SMTP mail server's capability to accept incoming sessions.
* POP3 Tests the capability of a POP3 mail server to accept incoming sessions.
* IMAP Checks the capability of an IMAP4 mail server to accept incoming sessions, checks the load of specified mailbox.
* Mail Relay Examines chain of mail servers. HostMonitor sends an Email thru specific mail server and checks when the mail becomes available in target mailbox.
* DNS Tests domain name server's capability to accept requests, checks received results.
* URL Checks availability and responsiveness of the FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, and Gopher servers. Checks data contents and integrity.
* HTTP Tests HTTP server's availability and responsiveness. Checks data contents and integrity.
Database related tests:
* Interbase Checks the capability of Interbase SQL server to accept incoming sessions.
* MS SQL Checks MS SQL server's capability to accept incoming sessions.
* MySQL Checks MySQL server's capability to accept incoming sessions.
* Oracle Checks the capability of Oracle SQL server to accept incoming sessions.
* Postgree Checks Postgree server's capability to accept incoming sessions.
* Sybase Checks a Sybase SQL server's capability to accept incoming sessions. The license of this networking software is Free Trial Software, the price is $19.99, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of HostMonitor, you can buy this networking software.