Spotlight alerts you to problems with your system by issuing an alarm.
| This alarm… | This alarm… | Alerts you… |
|---|---|---|
| Cache alarms | Cache alarms | When the level of cache activity exceeds a threshold. |
| Disk alarms | Disk alarms | As the logical disk is filling up, and also when disk activity exceeds a threshold. |
| Event Log alarm | Event Log Alarm | When an Event Log entry is found which matches an active Event Log severity rule. |
| Memory alarms | Memory alarms | When the available memory (both physical and virtual) drops below specified thresholds. |
| Paging alarms | Paging alarms | When there is excessive paging activity on the target system. |
| Process alarms | Process alarms | When processes sustain a high CPU load. |
| Windows CPU alarm | Windows CPU Alarm | When the server’s CPU usage exceeds a specified percentage. |
| Windows status alarms | Windows Status Alarms | Spotlight is re-establishing its connection to the Windows system. |
