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Definitions: Notifications, Latencies and Dependencies

Whenever Point North Networks Server Monitor discovers a slow or failing sensor  “notifications” are used to send out alarms. Each user can define an unlimited number of notifications on the “My Account” page.

Point North Networks Server Monitor supports the following types of communication channels: Email, Pager, Cell Phone, and Play a soundfile.

“Latencies” are used to defer a notifications for a specified time, e.g. to give a server or service the chance to recover from failure.

Using “dependencies” you can pause the monitoring of sensors or the sending of notifications based on the status of another sensor to avoid false alarms and incorrect recording of downtimes.