.Net Performance/Event Monitoring

Question

I'm looking to do both event tracking/monitoring from applications (i.e. real-time business metrics being emit from applications) and general performance monitoring (i.e. CPU usage, mem Usage etc...). I'd like to be able to have the metrics collected to a central location where they could be reported on etc... Also I'd like to be able to set thresholds on various metrics and have them alarm when breached. Any suggestions on a good commercial or open source product?

Answer 1

Zenoss Core is an award-winning open source IT monitoring product that effectively manages the configuration, health and performance of networks, servers and applications through a single, integrated software package.

Answer 2

If you're looking to combine data 'emitted from applications' as well as data from the physical machine itself, the easiest way to go might be to write your own .NET Performance Counters for your application. This will have the 'business' data be available to a wide variety of consumers, basically anyone that can use the Windows Performance Monitor can read your business data. You can then easily write an application that consumes/forwards this data, or you can rely on commercial programs that do server monitoring; most of them will be able to report on performance counters you designate, which means that your business and system performance goes through the same monitoring utility.

Answer 3

While it maybe a bit of overkill, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (formerly Microsoft MOM) has the ability to collect Performance Counters from various sources.