IT_Architect
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Nobody checks things when things are going along fine, they only say they do. That would be like checking to see if someone is at the door every 2 minutes. Setting up and maintaining monitors like NAGIOS is a pain in the neck, and takes resources. You already e-mail us when a service is not running. However running and functional are not necessarily the same thing.
Alert for:
1. Low volume space.
2. Loads out of range, both low and high, or there is hardly any network traffic. Because Apache and MySQL are running, doesn't mean they are serving pages. MySQL could be stuck with a socket error. It also helps track down problems that only happen at certain times, and find ones you didn't know you had.
3. E-mail not functional, smtp and pop.
The first one would prevent 90% of the problems. The second one would allow you to trap events that are difficult to repeat, or you wouldn't notice for some time. If the first two were taken care of you probably wouldn't have the third problem, but e-mail is what is most critical to most customers, and they notice it right away.
These are items all of your customers could benefit from, and at least the first two are far simpler to implement than what you have done already with services.
Thanks!
Alert for:
1. Low volume space.
2. Loads out of range, both low and high, or there is hardly any network traffic. Because Apache and MySQL are running, doesn't mean they are serving pages. MySQL could be stuck with a socket error. It also helps track down problems that only happen at certain times, and find ones you didn't know you had.
3. E-mail not functional, smtp and pop.
The first one would prevent 90% of the problems. The second one would allow you to trap events that are difficult to repeat, or you wouldn't notice for some time. If the first two were taken care of you probably wouldn't have the third problem, but e-mail is what is most critical to most customers, and they notice it right away.
These are items all of your customers could benefit from, and at least the first two are far simpler to implement than what you have done already with services.
Thanks!