--- title: Introduction weight: 1 --- We all dream of servers that need no maintenance at all. But unfortunately in reality this is not the case. Disks can get full, processes can crash, servers run out of memory... This package keeps an eye on the health of all your servers. There are a few [checks that come out of the box](https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-server-monitor/v1/monitoring-basics/built-in-checks). [Adding new checks](https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-server-monitor/v1/monitoring-basics/writing-your-own-checks) is a breeze. When something goes wrong it can [notify you](https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-server-monitor/v1/monitoring-basics/notifications-and-events) via Slack or mail. Here's what a Slack notification looks like:

Behind the scenes [Laravel's native notification system](https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/notifications) is leveraged so you can use one of the [many notification drivers](http://laravel-notification-channels.com/). ## We have badges!