July 28, 2008
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If you have a dedicated server or are looking into purchasing one for an affordable price, you will likely need to consider how you are going to monitor that server. You have two main a Managed Hosting Option – these can be fairly affordable and will let your host monitor your server for you. The only downside is that you have to pay a monthly fee and you don’t have access to these monitoring Your Server – Download a server monitoring tool and self-manage the server by checking every so often for server errors, etc.
Here are some of the recommended server monitoring tools for your dedicated web – The most popular server monitoring tool that is even used in the web hosting industry for web hosting clients on dedicated and shared servers alike. Nagios offers amazing tools that are literally unsurpassed in the industry, such as: monitoring of network services (like email, PING, etc), host resources (CPU, disk usage, logs, etc), environmental factors; simple plugin designs; contact notifications via email, pager, or user-defined methods; scheduled downtime to suppress notifications; and more! This is the most highly recommended solution available on the market to help you see what your web host – Choose from 3 different levels of server management: the free account offers more than enough for basic users, while the $5 or $10 per month option offers more features. The free level allows you to monitor in 30 and 60 minute intervals for one site and receive email notifications, monthly reports, online stats, and – Check your server’s uptime and errors in increments of 5, 10, or 30 minute intervals, and have these error notifications sent via email, SMS text messaging, or both. Each notification is only sent once, so there’s no need to worry if something goes down about your inbox getting spammed. Plus you can check the status on unlimited databases, pages, and websites.
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