FrameFlow MSP is a Windows-based server monitoring solution that is aimed at managed service providers (MSPs) in multi-site environments. By leveraging standard ports and industry standard protocols, FrameFlow enables network managers to centralize and report on administrative data from Windows servers, Linux servers, and SNMP-compatible routers and switches.
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) provides systems administrators with great insight into their physical and virtual servers and mission-critical applications. This ASP.NET Web application not only gathers hardware- and software-related data, but helps you interpret it by presenting informative dashboards, drill-down metrics, and best-practice remediation advice.
Excerpt: It has been a while since I ran this monitoring poll, but I don’t want to keep the results from you. The vast majority of 4sysops readers (72%) use monitoring software, whereas 28% count on wetware monitoring.
The free event log monitoring tool EventSentry Light allows you to monitor event logs, log files, remote hosts, services (and control), disk space, file checksums, performance, system time (and set), and monitor temperature (with optional sensors). In addition you can receive syslog & SNMP data and schedule and monitor scripts.