Monitoring Overview
The vast majority of server outages are not caused by spectacular floods or widespread power outages. The reality is that most outages are caused by mundane and preventable events. Things like the disk filled up or there was gradual increase in the number of visitors to your site.
We can watch your servers every day to make sure that you don’t get surprises. There is an initial one time setup fee and then monthly costs based on the type and amount of monitoring you require.
Things to Consider
- Services - What kinds of services do you want to monitor? Things like email, forums, downloads, web sites, blogs or other things like this.
- Response - If something is found to be not working, what kind of response is appropriate? We can send email to someone on your staff, execute a script on the server, or if you're one of our managed services customers we will fix the issue according to our agreement.
- Probes - Probes are the what do the actual work in a monitoring solution. There are three types, basic, advanced and custom. Basic probes are installed on our server and connect to your server across the network. Advanced probes require installation of an application on your server. Basic probes are easier to set up, however advanced probes provide richer functionality.
- Custom Probes - We have a wide range of probes that can be used off the shelf. However, if you have custom software or special situations we can build a custom probe for you.
List of Probes
There are many probes, but we have listed the most common ones below. If you have a specific need that you don't see listed, just let us know.
- Server
Availability – sends an alert if the server is not online
- MySQL - sends an alert if the database stops
responding
- Server
Load – sends an alert if the server becomes too busy
- Apache
– checks to see if your web site is responsive
- Disk
Space Utilization – sends an alert when disks become too full
- HTTP
Connections – sends an alert when there are too many connections to your
site
Pricing
| Probe Type |
Setup Charges |
Monthly Charge |
| Basic |
$75
|
$10 (up to 5 probes)
|
| Advanced |
$150 |
$20 (up to 5 probes)
|
| Combination |
$200 |
$25 (up to 10 probes) |
(custom probes are priced on a case by case basis)
Getting Started
We will need to know which probes you want and the servers you want monitored. If you're going to have local probes then we will also need access to your server to perform the installation. Just fill out the form below to get started.
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