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Sentry-go®
3Ds (UK) Limited
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Sentry-go - A Brief History |
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Since its launch back in 2001, Sentry-go monitoring solutions have always had
the same aim - to provide customers with affordable monitoring software for the
Windows platform that is, above all, quick & easy to use & doesn't require a
team of people to look after it.
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From the Beginning
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Sentry-go was originally designed as one of the first desktop monitoring
solutions for the Windows platform. A server-based monitor was soon added and
this solution developed into a number of smaller “Quick Monitors” a year later.
Built to be quick & easy to use, these low cost solutions allowed smaller
organisations to monitor their environments, or parts of their environments at a
very low cost, all without needing to employ a team of people to maintain it.
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Component-based Monitoring |
Sentry-go Plus! was a component-based, plug & play solution, built on
the success of these Quick Monitors. Designed to be just as easy to use,
Sentry-go Plus! had the advantage of being extremely flexible, allowing the
customer to purchase only the monitoring options they were going to use. It also
allowed a single tailored monitor to be run on each server, rather than needing
multiple Quick Monitor services.
Version 2.0 continued this idea further, adding a number of features to the
existing components – such as the ability to record user access information for
file monitoring as well as bringing in new options such as the Scripted
monitoring component. This allowed users to plug in their own monitoring logic
but still benefiting from the management, alerting & reporting features of
Sentry-go.
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Sentry-go Monitoring Today |
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Sentry-go
Quick Monitor
Packages |
Today the technology found in the Quick Monitors and Sentry-go Plus! have come
together, forming the Sentry-go Monitoring System.
Now at v5.x, the names “Quick Monitors” & “Sentry-go Plus!” or “Plus!
components” still remain, but today refer to the way in which the software
licences can be purchased and/or installed.
Quick Monitor licences provide Sentry-go monitoring functionality as a
pre-configured group of components, designed to monitor standard environments
such as SQL Servers, Microsoft Exchange, Print servers, IIS or a generic Windows
application server.
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Sentry-go Plus!
Components
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Sentry-go Plus! licences deliver the same technology individually, as a set of plug and
play monitoring components. With it you can pick and choose the monitoring you
wish to perform based on your server's or environment's needs.
Plus! components can be used alone, grouped together, or added to Quick Monitors
to further enhance their functionality. They provide an
easy to use solution designed to meet your monitoring needs. |
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Whichever Sentry-go solution you choose, the aim today remains the same as when
we started. To provide an affordable solution that allows customers to monitor
what they want, when they want, all wrapped up in a quick & easy to use package.
Many of the changes have come about through customer feedback and we thank all those in the past and future who help us continue to improve our
software. |
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