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File monitoring & directory monitoring & folder monitoring can be performed quickly & easily with the Sentry-go Quick File Monitor. It allows you to watch for changes made to both local and remote files, the contents of those files, directory changes & structure modifications & entries written to local Event Logs and log files. 

If changes are detected, the Sentry-go file monitoring software either take automatic action, alert you before end-users are affected or both. Using it's in-built web-based reporting, you also have immediate access to monitored information direct from your web browser or Quick Monitor Console  

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Want to see who is accessing key files or directories ? Simply enable Windows auditing & check out the new Sentry-go File Access Audit Wizard

  

 Monitoring Features

  
The availability of local or remote files or directories
 

 
This option checks to see if file(s), directories and/or shares are accessible.
 

File & directory size or file count
 

 
Check the overall size of a file, some or files all files or directories/sub-directories.
  

Monitor changes made to files
 

 
By monitoring files, you can be alerted when a file is updated within a given timeframe, or when no changes are made to a file - ideal to ensure files are being processed in a timely manner.
 

Monitor folder changes, directory changes
 

 
By monitoring folders & monitoring directories, the directory monitor you can check for changes to the underlying file system & directory structure - new files being added to or files being removed from a directory, folder or subdirectories. 
 

Monitor errors written to the Windows Event Log
 

 
Sentry-go allows you to monitor messages written to the Windows Event Logs based on error type, event ID, source or keywords & phrases within the text. 
 

Monitor messages written to custom log files
 

 
In addition to Event Logs, log file monitoring can easily be performed using Sentry-go. Using this, you can also monitor the entries written to text-based log files such as those used for custom applications, based on keywords or phrases within the text. 
 

 Respond Automatically or Alert

  
Respond automatically by running a command, application, batch file or script
Automatically restart a failed Windows Service or reboot the server
Alert you via network messaging, standard or custom e-mails 
Different alerting methods based on day of week and time of day 
Alert you via the Quick Monitor Console
Alert you via your SMS pager gateway provider
Interface with external systems via SMTP, HTTP, or scripting
Log details to a SysLog Server, database or text file
   
  For more information on these alerting features, please click here.
   

 Web-based Reporting

 
The built-in web server provides access to the following information direct from your desktop browser ...
 

Standard reports - for recent alerts & current monitoring status
  

 System Requirements

   
Windows NT4, 2000, 2003 or above 
Access to an SMTP server (optional)
Supports the Sentry-go Quick Monitor Console
   

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The Sentry-go Quick File & Print Monitor monitors files and printers.
 

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