Aida64 2.6x (Business Edition) – A «Need -to» for all administrators?

For overclocking fans, hobbyists, players and lovers were and are tools such as Everest, whose successor Aida32 or Hwinfo32 True Cult, an absolute must and «must have». In line with the analysis of hardware or system software or software components, the current use of the sector leader is available for the current Extreme Aida64 edition, which is mainly intended for Windows 8, and supports and presents through the VX11 platform with Nano X2, AMD Trinity or OpenGL 4.3 interfaces and Cuda 5.0. Well and good for 2-3 computers in your home, but what to do in the case of networks and composite systems? In this situation, the Aida64 benchmarksuitis offers a way out and therefore a real solution for system administrators and administrators in this situation. Unlike the Oxtreme Edition, this time it focuses on individual users, but the many small and medium -sized companies with their countless intranet and office LAN. What exactly does the difference between business and extreme edition and if the price model used is consistent: we consider it for you below.

Aida64 2.6x – Extreme vs. Business edition

As already mentioned, the Extreme edition (available from 28.80 EUR) is intended for personal use and not for commercial use. The Aida64 Extreme Edition version (license engineer) (159.90 EUR), which allows you to complete an analysis of the system on an unlimited number of computers – also offers an exception.

Unlike the extreme variant, the Aida64 Business Edition is essentially designed as a network management solution and offers «a wide range of functions for the creation, management and analysis of hardware and software inventory», in particular «company networks». The range of products includes the entire range of local and remote diagnosis, network monitoring, long distance administration and licensing management. In terms of price, it costs 159.90 euros for 10 work stations (individual offers on request).

Overclocking and Office Network? Hardly. Some characteristics of the extreme edition are therefore vain in the company execution. However, it seems plausible that some hardware monitoring modules (registration of the sensor value, temperature warning) or some special overclocking benchmarks of the extreme version are in vain for the CPU, memory and analysis of the hard drive. However, the complete program of audit and remote control functions is not a problem. The salient points of the corporate edition clearly include the graphic remote control and the remote package, consisting of remote users monitoring, remote HDD monitoring and remote monitoring of the virus database. What means whether walking paths can be saved in the maintenance of distributed networks is also shown in the automated control of the remote control (shipping and -mail and SQL database storage) or integrated reporting converter.

If the Extreme edition can only process a standard text, HTML, MHTML report formats, are also formed such as XML, CSV and also MIF (Microsoft SMS, Ini Reports). Even countless functions that are generally important for business management are unique. Among other things, a warning system for expiring certificates, the monitoring of changes and also a surveillance manager can be found in this way in order to meet important system size in a normal permanent interval. However, each administrator will finally be really hot around the heart when you use the command line, through which these numerous features can be coupled and coordinated almost as desired.

If you want to know how it is if it is called a high -level 24 MB tool without preventive installation – redistributed and in the network – and therefore relaxed only with the monitoring of an infinite number of computers, you will learn the same here and now.

Company edition – Structure in detail

Aida64 Business Edition was also developed for 32 -bit and 64 bit platforms and is equally suitable for the scenarios of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, as well as for previous scenarios Vista, XP or Windows 95/98/Me.

In our test, we exploited the Aida64 VMware support and we created a virtual network consisting of three instances of virtual computers in Workstation Wmware Workstation 8, on which Host-A Windows 7 64-Bit was performed on the Host-A computer. We performed the requests under NAT by default and set up a connection to our network folder («shared»), which was centrally located on the host calculator. With this minimum network simulation, we therefore downloaded the current Edition Business Aida64 (version 2.60.2100 from 21 August 2012) and unplaced the zip variant directly in our created network folder. This fairly elegant approach corresponds entirely to Aida's recommendation and is the reason why something like network installation can already be described as completed at this point. The company edition must therefore be put into operation «out of the box», so it is necessary to perform or start an Aida64 instance separated from each participating computer, in particular for mutual access.

Servershareaida64folderaida64.exe

Example of a low level call, which also allows remote access for the incoming connections to be remote remote hosts:

Servershareaida64folderaida64.exe /ACCEPTBG /SAFE /SILENT

This already indicates that the entire commercial edition seems to be running in a container similar to a session in which the individual stations can register to interact with each other without problems. The intelligent structure of this model explains both the simplicity of communication between the process and the idea behind all the remote and long distance maintenance properties for which the company edition is located.

The features in use

If we start the Aida64 Business Edition locally on our computer, at the beginning we do not experience excessive stylistic surprises, but instead the structure of the trees typical of analysis tools immediately attracts attention.

In fact, all essential monitoring tools on data operators, ram, software, safety, management and management of devices, operating system, network and card, as well as the chip technology used are found here and provided by the user. Temperatures, hardware state messages (fan, intelligence), signatures, CPU power voltage, AGP and Dram – The entire bandwidth expected is there. Aida64 can also mark on the software software and provides information on the user on installed programs, software licenses, Windows settings and various lists for start -up processes, services, DLL files and Autostart programs.

At this point, the direct connection with the Aida forum from the upper icons bar or the wide assistance and the short documentation of the command line liked.

Example called on the command line for the network audit option: Reporting offers a lot of flexibility. Regardless of the fact that these are a print preview, a local report report, e-mail shipping or FTP loading short report to a general overview of over 150 pages, the usual professional quality of Aida is available here. If you now consider the possibilities of the SQL database shelf or the control row options for the creation of a personalized layout, you can see that with the corporate edition you can create your infrastructure regarding the reporting that you can completely and completely inform yourself independently.

Servershareaida64folderaida64.exe /R serversharereport$HOSTNAME /audit /CSV /SAFE /SILENT

If we now move on to the actual topic of the business edition, the procedure for monitoring the IT entities recorded at the company edition.
In individual cases it is also the Localhostwhich provides all information as an image in a simple column structure. Particularly practical for remote access: the creation of individual virtual groups, each of which summarized individual computers or in the sense of joint control.

Conclusion

This computer «mixing» makes work with a network system much easier and allows reading of different levels of a network. This can be displayed, monitored or recorded, for example, based on the selection of the position or computer classes and hardware. The architecture of the product chosen by Aida allows the administrator absolute freedom and also allows unusual, for example indirect interoperability on different instance waterfalls.

For IT managers and the administrators of small and medium -sized companies, the Aida64 Business Edition seems to finally have a tangible distance that initially leaves nothing to which you want to monitor and the determination of the PC system.

The 2.60,2100 version of the Business Edition offers network monitoring, tests and pursuits of changes to the system, as well as a very convincing reporting and storage system of reporting and storage.
If the real -time notification for the automatic notification of the network administrator or the alarm for critical conditions in terms of available storage space, the execution of licenses and certificates or exceeds the size of the process, the package from the monitoring of the network and from the remote management is convincing. The only negative aspect of Aida64 is probably the limitation on the Windows computer. Here the software does not offer weak points.

In the end, we therefore want to briefly underline the very important aspect of the Aida Suite. Aida64 as successor of successful tools such as Everest and Aida32, the most precise hardware recognition features in its class have and offers detailed information on the installation of computers like no other program on the market. The hardware recognition module is supported by a complete internal hardware database with over 115,000 voices and those of them were once in the situation of receiving data of incomplete sensors or even an incorrect response will appreciate this wealth of experience. The reliability of the analysis data and the consideration of the special characteristics of the individual producers in the solos and types of sensors is and remains what distinguishes the resistance of a successful hardware monitoring tool.

In any case, there is nothing to complain about here, this edition on the security and reliability of one's computer infrastructure is fun and convinced. As an investment in health care, which does not cost in the world for just under 63 euros, it can prevent damage and can effectively prevent faults and project levels, nothing is certainly done in the Aid64 Business Edition.

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