Keeping An Eye on the OS

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Jeff Burt
Jeff Burt
Nov 5, 2001
1 minute read
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Server management startup Intoka Inc. will go after the 20- to 2,000-server set with its new Cruiser management tool.

The Cruiser top-line monitoring software watches servers on multiple operating systems at a fraction of the cost of established, best-of-breed server management tools, such as those from NetIQ Corp., according to company officials.

The San Francisco companys tool costs $500 per server box, no matter how many different server software components it is running. Competitors charge for each copy of server software running on the hardware. Cruiser is made up of thin agents installed on each managed server device and a centralized management server that pools all gathered management data from each server.

Cruiser is available now.

Jeff Burt

Jeffrey Burt has been with eWEEK since 2000, covering an array of areas that includes servers, networking, PCs, processors, converged infrastructure, unified communications and the Internet of things.

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