02-05-2021

System Monitor



A system monitor displaying system resources usage

Use System Monitor to monitor the utilization of system resources. Collect and view real-time performance data in the form of counters. You can use counters for server resources, such as processor and memory use. You also can use them for many Microsoft SQL Server resources, such as locks and transactions. HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors: voltages, temperatures, fans speed. The program handles the most common sensor chips, like ITE® IT87 series, most Winbond® ICs, and others. In addition, it can read modern CPUs on-die core thermal sensors, as well has hard drives temperature via S.M.A.R.T, and video card GPU temperature. Displays statistics for CPU, disk, memory, network, system temperature, and more anywhere on your desktop. Can also display text-based notes, email notifications, RSS feeds, weather, and virtually. NVIDIA System Monitor is a part of the System Tools application suite which provides performance information about NVIDIA graphics cards. System Monitor provides more than just a set of configuration options with the NVIDIA Graphics Control Panel, but also the ability to monitor and benchmark the performance of DirectX (Direct3D) and OpenGL graphics on a Windows system.

A system monitor is a hardware or software component used to monitor system resources and performance in a computer system.[1]

Among the management issues regarding use of system monitoring tools are resource usage and privacy.

Overview[edit]

Software monitors occur more commonly, sometimes as a part of a widget engine. These monitoring systems are often used to keep track of system resources, such as CPU usage and frequency, or the amount of free RAM. They are also used to display items such as free space on one or more hard drives, the temperature of the CPU and other important components,[2] and networking information including the system IP address and current rates of upload and download. Other possible displays may include the date and time, system uptime, computer name, username, hard drive S.M.A.R.T. data, fan speeds, and the voltages being provided by the power supply.

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Less common are hardware-based systems monitoring similar information. Customarily these occupy one or more drive bays on the front of the computer case, and either interface directly with the system hardware or connect to a software[5]:p.91 that must involve software.

A further consideration is that a bug in this domain can have severe impact: an extreme case would be 'cause the OS to crash.'[7]

List of software monitors[edit]

Single system:

  • hw.sensors on OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD[6][8]
  • KDE System Guard (KSysguard)
  • lm_sensors[6]
  • Resource Monitor (resmon)
  • SpeedFan[6]
  • sysmon/envsys on NetBSD[6][8]
  • System Monitor (sysmon)
  • Vigilo NMS (Community Edition)
  • Windows Desktop Gadgets[9][10]
Remote

Distributed:

  • monit (paid version M/monit)
  • NMIS
  • NetCrunch
  • Opmantek
  • Performance Monitor (perfmon)
  • symon[11]
  • Vigilo NMS (Enterprise Editions)

See also[edit]

System
  • Application performance management (APM)
  • Application service management (ASM)
  • I²C and SMBus
  • Mean time between failures (MTBF)
  • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

References[edit]

  1. ^G. Wiesen; Heather Bailey (1 December 2010). 'What Is a System Monitor?'. wiseGEEK. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2018. A system monitor is a program or piece of hardware that monitors various aspects of a computer system and then displays information regarding the status of that system. This sort of monitor typically takes the form of a software program provided with an operating system (OS) or used as a standalone program. Hardware system monitors are also available, though these are fairly specialized devices and not as frequently used as software monitors. A system monitor will typically track various aspects of a computer system, including what programs are running, how resources are being used, and certain details regarding the hardware installed on a computer.
  2. ^Halil Kaskavalci (22 October 2015). 'Installing system monitor conky on Ubuntu'. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2018. What is a System Monitor? System monitors show various system indicators like HDD, Network, and CPU usage. If you want to learn more about your computer, it’s a must have tool.
  3. ^'The Best System Monitor for Linux'. LinuxSecurity.
  4. ^J. D. Biersdorfer (22 August 2015). 'Unseen Burdens in Chrome That Can Lead a Mac to Lag'. The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2019. opened the OS X system monitor to see what was going on
  5. ^ abcdeLiba Svobodova; Edward J. McCluskey (1976). Computer Performance Measurement and Evaluation Methods. ISBN0-444-00197-2.
  6. ^ abcdefConstantine A. Murenin (17 April 2007). Generalised Interfacing with Microprocessor System Hardware Monitors. Proceedings of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, 15–17 April 2007. London, United Kingdom: IEEE. doi:10.1109/ICNSC.2007.372901. ISBN1-4244-1076-2. IEEE ICNSC 2007, pp. 901—906.
  7. ^'Overtime will never be this much fun again'. Computerworld. 24 November 2016.
  8. ^ abConstantine A. Murenin (21 May 2010). OpenBSD Hardware Sensors — Environmental Monitoring and Fan Control (MMath thesis). University of Waterloo: UWSpace. hdl:10012/5234. Document ID: ab71498b6b1a60ff817b29d56997a418.
  9. ^Nadel, Brian. 'Inspector Gadgets: Windows 7 Gadgets for Monitoring Your PC'. PCWorld. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  10. ^Zhang, Gary. 'HWmonitor–CPU Temperature Monitor for Windows 10'. Garyzzc. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  11. ^'symon-2.88p3 – active host monitoring tool'. OpenBSD ports. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

External links[edit]

Best Windows 10 System Monitor

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