The Lite edition of PA Storage Monitor is primarily for situations where all you need is to monitor the free disk space on several servers, or alternatively you need an inexpensive host-based intrusion detection system.

The configuration of Storage Monitor Lite is easy for any user.Simply copy-and-paste the list of servers into the Easy Configuration dialog, make sure the Disk Space Monitor is checked and press "Begin the Smart Config Process". PA Storage Monitor will connect to each server and query the disks using administrative shares. Each successful query will result in a fully configured monitor.

Here are some key features of "Storage Monitor Lite":

· Send SMTP E-mail
Sends SMTP email messages to mail boxes, cell phones, mobile devices, etc. The E-mail action has Alert Digests which are a powerful/friendly feature that combines multiple alerts that happen within a short time into a single email notification. This can be very helpful when something goes really wrong. You can easily specify when messages should be sent or suppressed.

· SMS Text Message
Send SMS text messages to your mobile device via your service providers SMS Internet gateway (SMPP server). You can control which information gets sent, as well as when messages are allowed.

· Pager Alert via SNPP
Send monitor results to pagers via standard Simple Network Paging Protocol (SNPP). You can easily specify when messages should be sent or suppressed, and the content of the message.

· Reboot Server
Reboots the server if a monitor has detected a critical system failure.

· Start Application
Starts a specified application when the monitor triggers actions

· Start, Stop or Restart Service
Sends control messages to the Windows Service Control Manager to start, stop or restart a specified service.

· Execute Script
Similar to the Execute Script monitor, this Action lets you extend the list of available actions via your own script written in VBScript. Many variables from the source monitor are also available for creating rich, situation-specific responses.

· Write to Log File
Log the findings of any triggered monitor to a file. Separate files can be created for each day, week, month, etc.

· Display Message Box
A simple message box that displays monitor findings. These message boxes are smart: if there are many pending alerts you can easily dismiss them all at once.

· Play Sound
Audible alert when monitors detect a problem with the server.

· Write to Event Log
Writes monitor details to the Windows Event Log.

· Network Message (Net Send)
Sends a message box containing the critical monitor details to every place that you are logged in.

· Dial-Up Connection
Connects or disconnects a Windows Dial-up Connection. Typically this is for servers that are not on the Internet, but need to connect to send alerts.

· Phone Dialer (DTMF/SMS)
Dials a modem/phone and optionally sends DTMF commands or other commands (to send SMS messages for example). This is typically used by a disconnected server to send an alert over a normal phone line (where the CallerID identifies the server)

· Monitor-Directed Email
The monitor which detects a problem specifies the email address to use for each alert. This is very useful when sending reminders and alerts to end users such as with the User Quota Monitor and the Directory Quota Monitor.


Limitations:

30 day trial


Requirements:

· 20 - 60 MB of physical RAM for the monitoring process
· 20 - 800* MB of disk space