Re: OT: Server Monitoring

I have used PageSentry for two years and I am satisfied with it. My phone
can receive e-mails as sms so I let PageSentry mail me whenever there is a
problem. 
Only once it has malfunctioned: The testing mac went crazy and started
sending alarms though nothing was wrong, and since it was that was broken
there was no way for me to remotedly fix it. I received 1 500 sms before I
could stop it.  You can set set a limit for how many alarms to send, but
since I can receive false alarms when for instance Retrospect is running I
have set it to keep sending so I can tell if it is for real or not.

/Peter




4/26/03 22.22, "Alain Russell" <alain.russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I use http://www.websitepulse.com tried doing it myself and worked out to do
> it properly you need multiple checks from multiple locations.
> 
> They offer a good service for reasonable $$
> 
> Alain
> 
>> Hey list!
>> 
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for software that monitors servers?  I
>> plan on downloading both PageSentry & Whistle Blower (I chose these two
>> because they're Carbon apps) this weekend to test them out and was
>> wondering what people thought of these programs and/or others.  Can you
>> effectively monitor a server locally or is it necessary to do it
>> remotely?  If remote monitoring is required, what are you doing to
>> achieve this w/o spending $ on another box and dedicated connection
>> remotely?
>> 
>> tia,
>> 
>> Andy Mowrey
>> 
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