Monitoring Network Services
A variety of applications can be accessed over the Internet or via corporate intranets. For instance, a client application may use the network to access an application on the server system. The application running on the server system is referred to as a network service.
The availability and response time of the network service is what the user cares about. This section discusses tools for monitoring the network service. Some of the more common network services are discussed, such as the Domain Name System (DNS), Network Information Service (NIS), and Network File System (NFS). Other applications are discussed in Chapter 7.
Many network services are started by a daemon process in response to a client request. The daemon ...
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