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A few weeks ago we reviewed Ipswitch's WhatsUp Gold (see www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder 9431), and in response, reader Kevin Stone wrote, "I can't disagree with your evaluation of WhatsUp Gold, but gave up on the product a few years back after discovering Servers Alive (www.woodstone.nu/salive). It's about 1/7th the price of WUG and offers almost the same feature set. The most noticeable difference is the lack of a device map."
"Hummm," we said, and set to testing bloodstone's Servers Alive. We found it to be a really interesting product and, at only $90, a terrific value for the money.
You can download an evaluation version of Servers Alive that monitors up to 10 devices free. Installation can be done on Windows 2000 (Professional or Server), NT (Workstation or Server), ME, 98 or 95 -- only Windows XP is not supported. Under NT and Win 2000, Servers Alive can run as a service.
The user interface is simple (see www. woodstone.nu/salive/shots.asp), consisting of a list of monitored servers and the last status of each. Buttons below the list window let you add,...