serversjekk

Serversjekk, or server check, is a term in Norwegian IT describing the process of assessing a server’s operational status and its services. It includes automated and manual checks to verify reachability, responsiveness, and adherence to resource limits, with the aim of detecting outages or degradations before users are affected.

Key metrics typically include availability, response time, error rate, CPU and memory usage, disk space, and network latency. Service-specific checks may confirm critical processes, database connectivity, and correct application outputs.

Checks are carried out through active monitoring, such as synthetic probes and HTTP checks, and passive monitoring, such as metrics collection from agents and log analysis. Many systems use health endpoints or heartbeat signals to report status to a central dashboard.

Common tools include monitoring platforms such as Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus (with Grafana), and PRTG, as well as cloud-native health checks. Hardware monitoring may involve SNMP or IPMI in on-premises environments.

A well-managed serversjekk supports IT operations, incident management, and reliability efforts by defining baselines, thresholds, and alerting rules, and by maintaining runbooks for remediation. Challenges include avoiding false positives, selecting appropriate intervals, and protecting monitoring data.