Systemmonitor

A system monitor is a computer program for viewing and recording of system resources (such as available memory, processor utilization, network activity). Most system monitors can display the system resources as curves with time flow in real time and record when needed. Thus, one has the possibility to monitor the machine in more detail.

Examples

Microsoft Windows

A program called "System Monitor" is part of Windows installations (Windows 9.x sysmon.exe; perfmon.exe Windows NT ), but the program does not appear in the Windows NT Start menu. The values ​​that you want to look, but can also come across the network from another Windows PC. Thus you can practice with the system monitor remote maintenance. In Windows XP, this program "Performance " in Windows Vista " Reliability and Leitunsüberwachung " ', inWindows 7 and 8 of the System Monitor in was renamed " performance monitoring ".

Screenshots

System Monitor in Windows 98

System Monitor under Windows XP

Reliability and Performance Monitor in Windows Vista

Performance Monitor under Windows 7

Performance Monitor under Windows 8

Java

The JConsole or VisualVM Java are system monitors for monitoring and recording system and used by Java programs Java resources. You can for example be used over the network to monitor application servers.

Mac OS X

Activity Monitor is a system monitor for Mac OS X. Mac OS X v10.3 Before he was called Process Viewer.