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Server Monitoring Tools Matrix
BMC PATROL
BMC PATROL
| Full Product Name | PATROL Performance Assurance for Microsoft Windows Servers | ||
| Version | 7.2.10 | ||
| Vendor | BMC Software | ||
| Description | A suite of system-monitoring components for Microsoft servers, including the Windows operating system, Active Directory, Domain Services, Cluster Servers, COM+, Message Queue, and WMI. | ||
| Platforms | Windows 2000, Windows 2003 | ||
| Pricing | As sold in a combined package of three separate products called PATROL Performance Assurance for Microsoft Windows Servers, pricing is on a per-server basis and reflects the number of processors per server (organized by tiers): Workgroup Tier (1 to 2 processors), $750 Departmental Tier (3 to 8 processors), $3,735 Enterprise Tier 1 (9 to 16 processors), $9,460 Enterprise Tier 2 (17 to 32 processors), $16,600 |
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| PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers |
Product 2 | Product 3 | |||
| Real-Time Monitoring | Physical Status | Temperature | |||
| Chassis Integrity | |||||
| Power Supply | |||||
| Fan Speed | |||||
| Server Performance | Hard Disk Utilization | Yes | |||
| – Files Open/Owner | Yes/Yes | ||||
| – File Existence Monitor | Yes | ||||
| – File Size Monitor (e.g. Log files) | Yes | ||||
| Memory Utilization | Yes | ||||
| CPU Utilization | Yes | ||||
| Cache Utilization | Yes | ||||
| Processes (Count) | Yes (10) | ||||
| Services Monitoring | DNS | Yes (enhanced) | |||
| HTTP/HTTPS | Yes/Yes | ||||
| FTP | Yes | ||||
| Telnet | Yes | ||||
| NNTP | Yes | ||||
| SMTP, POP3, or IMAP | Yes | ||||
| Custom Port Monitoring | |||||
| Server Types Supported | Web | Yes (Microsoft IIS) | |||
| Database | Yes (Optional) | ||||
| File | Yes | ||||
| Communications | Yes (Microsoft Message Queue) | ||||
| Other | MS Active Directory, Application, Printer, and SMS (e-mail) | ||||
| Network Monitoring | Network Throughput | ||||
| Current Logons | |||||
| Failover/Cluster Monitoring | Yes/Yes | ||||
| Other Network Monitoring Points | Many more | ||||
| Web Site Monitoring | Hit Rate | ||||
| Page Content Verification | |||||
| Database Connection Verification | |||||
| Cache Rate(s) | |||||
| Security | Intrusion Monitoring | ||||
| Login Error Monitoring | Yes (Kerberos/Active Directory) | ||||
| Other Security Monitoring Points | |||||
| Administration | Dashboard (or Other Overview Display) | Yes | |||
| Remote or Internet Monitoring | Yes/Yes | ||||
| Monitor Views | Domain | Yes | |||
| Workgroup | Yes | ||||
| User-Defined Group | Yes | ||||
| Alert Modes | Yes | ||||
| Phone (Land Line or Cell Phone) | |||||
| Pager | Yes | ||||
| Network Alert | |||||
| SMS | |||||
| Escalating Alert Levels Support | |||||
| Alert Multiple People | Yes | ||||
| Designate by Type of Alert | |||||
| Monitoring Interval | |||||
| User Configurable Monitoring Intervals | Yes | ||||
| Corrective Action Support | Machine Shutdown or Reboot | Yes/Yes | |||
| Service Shutdown or Restart | Yes/Yes | ||||
| Process Shutdown or Restart | Yes/Yes | ||||
| Run Script, EXE, and Job | Yes/Yes/Yes | ||||
| Testing Suite — Automatic Testing Support | |||||
| Historical Monitoring | Logs | Yes | |||
| Statistics | Yes | ||||
| Reporting | Online | Yes | |||
| Printed | Yes | ||||
| Charts or Graphs | Yes/Yes | ||||
| Analysis | Yes | ||||
| Other | |||||
| Other | |||||
| Other | |||||
| Other | |||||
