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mv_

Mar 28 2007, 12:30 PM

Customer of mine wants uptime guarantee in SLA and I'd like to ask what 3rd party monitoring service to trust in this. Thank you.

XGhozt

Mar 28 2007, 03:06 PM

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If you'd like to go for a basic free service, here are a couple of such services: siteuptime.com (HTTP, POP, SMTP, FTP) and websitepulse.com (HTTP). Note that Websitepulse also features a free trial where you can try services valued at up to 75$, for two weeks.

I've been using host-tracker.com and uppanel.com and I find them quite good. They allow you to check your site quite often, especially considering that they're free.

If you decide to do your uptime monitoring "in house", there is software that you could use. Free software and paid software.

I can't really tell you which software is good or bad, but, as I've always been a fan of open source, I will invite you to first take a look at this free program: zabbix.sourceforge.net

Other software that you could use are:

Netstatus monitor 2.0 - download mirror - free

Nagios.org - free

http://www.rushland.net/projects.htm

http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/index.htm

Source: http://whreviews.com/monitoring-uptime.htm

mv_

Mar 28 2007, 04:43 PM

XGhozt - thanks. I was aiming more for uptime monitoring provided by other company to achieve more objective monitoring. I will give a try to some of those you mentioned.

AreYouServed

Mar 28 2007, 04:50 PM

One of my clients recently started using HyperSpin.com, and they've been quite happy.

mv_

Mar 28 2007, 05:05 PM

thanks, i went for host-tracker, siteuptime.com and uppanel for a test period in all of them.

Also, the Zabbix looks quite fine. I will give it a try to my internal monitoring.

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