Having these tools handy can be of great help to a system admin's job.
Recently, we did a list on 50 Free System And Network Admin Tools that you would find handy. Here is an addition to that list, which takes the number to a good 101. Your job? Know the tools and put them to use! |
System and Network Management: These are tools that allow you to manage the network or system. In a way, they comprise of various tools that help an IT professional to manage a bunch of tasks or certain specific tasks.
52. TweakUAC
56. FileZilla
58. Speccy
60. ADRestore
File and disk management: These are tools that allow you to perform various operations on your files. These include operations like de-duplication, copying, file comparison, merging, encryption, syncing, searching and renaming of files. These files can be invaluable additions to your arsenal as a system administrator.
61. Disk2vhd
62. Defraggler
63. PageDefrag
64. PsPad
65. MD5Summer
66. Universal Viewer
67. FreeCommander
68. Recuva
71. 7-Zip
72. PeaZip
73. Bacula
74. Areca Backup
75. DirSync Pro
77. WebSynchronizer
78. KGB Archiver
79. Iometer
80. Notepad++
Performance and availability monitoring: These tools allow you to monitor your system and network performance and monitor them for possible errors etc. They provide functions such as monitoring of memory utilisation, network utilisation, disk utilisation, CPU utilisation etc. In addition, you can also use the network monitoring tools in order to ensure that your network is performing at its optimal levels and is stable.
82. Nagios
90. IxChariot QCheck
91. EasyNetMonitor
Remote management: As a system or network admin, you will be dealing with a lot of remote connections and clients. In order to manage this task efficiently, you need tools like the ones mentioned below. You can use them to remotely administer clients and servers, manage remote desktop sessions and various other functions.
93. TightVNC
94. Microsoft RDCMan
95. Terminals
96. PsFile
All-in-one toolkits: Sometimes you do not want to use different tools for different purposes. You want tools that can manage multiple functionalities by themselves so that you don't have to switch over to a new one whenever your attention is needed in a new direction. These are all-in-one kits that fill up some of the gaps that exist in this respect.
97. Net Tools 5.0
100. Free IP Tools
101. PsTools
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