Use of a system that monitors a computer network
This article is about monitoring for technical failures. For monitoring in the sense of surveillance, but the relying mostly on the same technology, see
Computer and network surveillance.
Network monitoring is the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator (via email, SMS or other alarms) in case of outages or other trouble. Network monitoring is part of network management.[1]
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