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by kovar
5558 days ago
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This problem has been addressed over the last 20 years by more products and services than I can remember, ranging from csh scripts that would ping a site and send an email if it was down to HP OpenView. There are more than a few and sub $100 tools for Windows that'll do this and a lot more, so charging $15 for a service isn't going to fly. Further, to properly monitor uptime requires a lot more than just monitoring the host. You need to monitor the various services, and the health of those services. Is the web server returning a valid page or a 404? Then there's the need to monitor hosts and services that are not publicly routable, getting into authentication or the need to run the service inside the firewall rather than via a public site. |
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People ARE using services like these (see UptimeRobot and Pingdom as the examples mentioned above). Some of the services are free, some cost $10 a month, some $40.
That said, MY implementation may not be viable, but it's not costing me much of anything to find out, so I'm still going to give it a go.
As to what the service offers, there is obviously more that needs to be done for critical infrastructure monitoring, but for the average Joe running a website or three, keeping an eye on the web server is a good, basic start.
I'm also thinking of people like affiliate marketers (which I'm also attempting to get into) that use their servers to host landing pages and ads (and their tracking) for which they may get charged without a result if the server is down. THESE guys just want to know immediately, I should think, that they may be losing a lot of money with no chance of ROI.
In any case, I certainly appreciate your feedback!
- John