What are the advantages of using IPNetwork Monitor when compared to manual monitoring?

Q: Why should I install IPNetwork Monitor when manual checks suffice? A: Various utilities can be employed to ensure system stability; on Linux, tools like ‘ps’, ‘top’, ‘free’, ‘vmstat’, ‘iotop’, and the lm-sensors package (for reading motherboard sensor data) are commonly used. Hard drive health can be tracked with ‘smartctl’. Beyond these, system logs must be monitored for security events (e.g., login attempts), software errors, and other potential issues. Manual monitoring is feasible only for small intranets. As the number of servers, network devices, and workstations increases, manual checks become unwieldy. When intrusion detection and traffic analysis are involved, manual intranet health checks are impractical. SNMP offers a solution by integrating these checks into a structured data tree, providing a single source for all necessary information and automating many checks. While some oversight remains necessary, IPNetwork Monitor significantly reduces the routine burden of intranet health management.

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