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latinasojourn · 03-05-2004, 10:51 PM

in the 9 years that i've had managed dedicated servers at various webhosts it seems like i'm always the guy that brings my server problems to the attention of support.

it's like if i'm not constantly monitoring my servers no one else is.

and this got me to thinking.

everyone knows that apache puts out a "server-status" report that anyone can look at and check for performance problems.

why don't managed hosts use some sort of utility which scans these "server-status" reports on their thousands of boxes each few minutes and if it finds a problem on any box it rings a fucking cow bell or something.

i mean this is almost stone-age simple.

i'm not even a geek and i think it's not a tough thing to do.

today i had a box down for i don't know how many hours, luckily i take a look at these reports, and i notify the webhost of the problem.

my point being, a simple monitoring could be in place at the webhost so i wouldn't have to check the box myself.

or is this too much to ask of a host?

03-05-2004, 10:51 PM
latinasojourn Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,191	if i was running a hosting service in the 9 years that i've had managed dedicated servers at various webhosts it seems like i'm always the guy that brings my server problems to the attention of support. it's like if i'm not constantly monitoring my servers no one else is. and this got me to thinking. everyone knows that apache puts out a "server-status" report that anyone can look at and check for performance problems. why don't managed hosts use some sort of utility which scans these "server-status" reports on their thousands of boxes each few minutes and if it finds a problem on any box it rings a fucking cow bell or something. i mean this is almost stone-age simple. i'm not even a geek and i think it's not a tough thing to do. today i had a box down for i don't know how many hours, luckily i take a look at these reports, and i notify the webhost of the problem. my point being, a simple monitoring could be in place at the webhost so i wouldn't have to check the box myself. or is this too much to ask of a host?