Network Disk Monitoring

One way of managing storage on your network involves

monitoring and managing space on all the disk drives on that network. Disk

Monitor allows you to do this remotely. Your network should have a Windows

domain and all the users should be authenticated with the Domain Controller.

Disk monitor's application wizard scans all machines on the network and brings

out the drive information of all connected storage devices which are displayed

in drop down menu. Select the machine and its drives that you want to monitor,

and add them to the monitoring list. The main screen displays will show

the machine name, free space and the used space of the drive along with the file

system. 

Output logs are displayed in bottom pane and the connected nodes, with

all connected and non-connected drives, on the side pane. You can send alert

mail to the admin in case storage exceeds the threshold level.

1	It monitors the disks and gives information regarding the space left and allows full access over the network. You get a statistical report after polling at regular intervals	2	Click on the drive to see the folders on the disk and to monitor the usage of the drive. In Properties, set the critical and threshold values
3	For sending e-mail, configure mail connection properties with mail server, logon and form information	4	At any point of time you can change the polling information frequency ranging from minutes to weeks

Anubhav Verma