Server Monitor: Review & Comparison

Server Monitoring Review: www.uptimeinspector.com
URL: http://www.uptimeinspector.com
Description:

UptimeInspector is capable of testing the following TCP/IP servers: PING, SMTP, SSH, Telnet, POP3, IMAP4, MySQL, HTTP(S) and FTP. It extends a common monitoring approach by adding server-specific tests to the simple connection test. Thus it is not only the downtime state that is reported, but also server malfunctioning, invalid web page contents, broken files, an incorrect SQL query response, and other problems.

In addition to TCP/IP server monitoring, UptimeInspector can search for a mail server IP address in DNS blacklists, and report if a server is listed, and therefore banned from mail delivery to particular destinations.

For webmasters UptimeInspector offers a Full Page Test, which includes a keyword presence or absence check, a check for broken links, verification of page or file size, load time measurement, MD5 checksum calculation, SSL certificate expiration, and other checks besides. Access rules can be set up to use the proper authentication method, web agent and referrer string, GET and POST parameters, options to load images, frames, scripts and CSS files.

For website owners and major SEO purposes UptimeInspector provides a Search Engine Rank test to check a website position against major search engine indexes (Google, Yahoo, MSN). If website position goes up, down or website is removed from the top of the index, alert is sent.

Also UptimeInspector provides a Brokenlink test that allows to check a website regularily detecting broken links or images appeared, which is a must-have tool for websites updated often.

Notification options include: SMS (worldwide), Phone call (not all of the countries supported), AIM, ICQ, Yahoo IM, MSN Messenger, RSS, Google Gadget, Vista Gadget, E-Mail.

UptimeInspector operates a WorldWide monitoring network. Nodes are located in the US, Europe and Asia.

Pricing is moderate. There are no "packages" common to other monitoring solutions, it is easy to add and remove monitoring targets and change options with no need to switch between packages.

Key Feature: "All Included" professional monitoring solution

Server monitoring on the cheap? Try Montastic...

What makes Montastic a winner? RSS feeds of the servers that you are monitoring and Widget for your desktop (PC or Mac) that provides you the option of a quick glance at the server status. I use it to receive email updates for downtime and service restored notifications but have also discovered that the RSS feed can also be handy post server status on the Intranet site to inform other users in your organization on server status.

We are wanting to find and review any web or server monitor site that is online. Why? As a site developer uptime is something that is not necessarily overlooked but not tracked well. There are a lot of services out there that can help in this regard. There are so many services that one can spend a lot of time trying to figure out which service to select. It is difficult to compare one service to another and that is where this site comes in.

We are trying to build a comprehensive feature comparison chart to make the decision making process a bit easier. We are listing major features provided by different vendors so you can see what is out there. This site will also make you aware of what your options are if you are just beginning you search.

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