1. A method, comprising extracting real-time data from a log file for at least one monitored process on each of the plurality of child servers with a corresponding log file reader at a parent server; iteratively reading command process information from the log files with the corresponding to file readers, each command process information contained in a single line, and determining how to send the single line to the parent server until the single line indicates that a corresponding child server has shut down or until the single line cannot be read; for each monitored process, inserting extracted real-time data into object variables of an object; processing object variable data to generate performance statistics for the monitored processes and to determine whether to trigger an alarm, the processing including identifying how many monitored processes are running in parallel and which of the running monitored processes is the oldest to identify one or more monitored processes that retard other monitored processes; updating a database with object variable data and performance statistics in response to the occurrence of an event associated with a monitored process; and comparing historical performance statistics from the database with current performance statistics to determine a performance trend.