Every host listed in FindMyHosting is monitored in real time by Alertra Web Site Monitoring. This gives you a fast and accurate picture of how reliable any host will potentially be when hosting your web site. We chose Alertra to perform host uptime monitoring because they are the premier monitoring service available in the market today.

The host uptime data available to you on FindMyHosting.com is only one example of the range of monitoring services available from Alertra. Web site monitoring by Alertra is a very cost effective way to provide peace of mind. If your web site goes down or doesn't function correctly then it will negatively impact your image with your potential customers and users of your web site. In addition to checking that your web site is available, Alertra can perform automated tasks on your web site to check that it is working correctly.

Monitoring is available at varying time intervals, is extremely cost effective and a wide range of communication alerts, such as pager alerts, phone calls, emails and instant messanger alerts, are available should a problem you need to know about be detected by the Alertra network.

If you are serious about your presence on the web then we recommend an Alertra 30 day free trial Monitoring starts immediately.

How Alertra Works

Multiple monitoring stations around the world take turns conducting rigorous protocol-based tests on your Web server or other network service. If a station reports a failure, another station checks again in 30 seconds. After three consecutive failures, your telephone, SMS, AOL or email contacts will be notified according to your schedule. Conduct a spot check on any URL URL

Your Web server is checked as often as you prefer, from once per minute to once per hour. HTTP/HTTPS service checks your server and loads the page to verify the content. HTTPb service performs a basic protocol check with your HTTP server to make sure it's running. With either service, Alertra's global reporting stations take turns checking your site. If a station reports a failure, the next station will check it again in 30 seconds. After 3 consecutive failures from different stations, the site will be marked down and contacts will be notified according to the schedule you establish. The contacts you specify are notified again when the site comes back up.

HTTP/HTTPS Service
Alertra monitoring stations connect to your server and issue an HTTP request for the URL you specify. In addition to connection errors, HTTP response code and response time, Aletra also loads the page. Alertra can search the page for keywords you specify and can record the page size or SHA digest and send you a Device Warning alert when your content changes - if your page gets hacked you'll know it. You can also specify whether or not to follow HTTP redirections. HTTP and HTTPS (SSL over HTTP) protocols are supported.

HTTPb (HTTP Basic) Service
This inexpensive service allows you to do a basic protocol check of your Web server to make sure it's up and running. Alertra monitoring stations connect to your server and issue an HTTP request (the page is not loaded). If your server is not reachable, Alertra records the error. Otherwise, the response code and response time from your HTTP server is recorded.

Other Protocols
Monitoring for other Internet protocols such as ICMP (Ping), FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 and TCP is also supported.

Notification
You can set up as many contacts to be notified as you like for each monitored device. You can have one contact for daytime, one for nighttime and another for weekends, or most any combination you can think of. You control whether contacts are notified for Device Down, Device OK or Device Warning alerts. If you don't set up a notification schedule for a device, your account e-mail address will be used. For each monitored device, you can specify your own subject to be used in alerts sent via e-mail.

Contacts
Notification e-mail can be formatted for your computer or handheld device. Alertra can call your cell phone (or any phone) and deliver an automated voice message to you or your answering machine or voice mail. Alertra can also send notifications to your SMS capable mobile phone, AOL Instant Messenger or other AOL compatible client.
(More: Phone Call Notifications, SMS Notifications and AOL Notifications)

Up-Time Reporting
Even if you don't have a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with a hosting company, it's vitally important that you are aware of the percentage of time your devices are available to your customers or visitors. Alertra records the date and time every time your devices change status. Alertra provides a concise Up-Time Report which shows up-time percentages since activation, per year and per month.

Logging
You can view a complete and detailed check log starting with the most current check and going back several weeks. You can look at all alert events, and jump to the detail log at the time of the alert. If you need to create custom reports, you can get your device check log data and other information via XML.
(More: XML Log Data)

Site Status
You can log into the Alertra site anytime to check your site status. You can also call a toll-free number and get your site status through an automated system. You can also obtain device status for all your actively monitored Internet devices via WML by pointing your WAP device to wap.alertra.com and entering the PIN from your account information form.
(More: Toll-Free Site Status)

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