MySQL Availability The next obvious thing to know is MySQL availability. Failure of MySQL usually makes reliant applications completely inoperable. Anturis alerts you immediately in case MySQL itself or the underlying server goes down. Anturis will watch the log file for error entries and keep you informed when it finds them. In the first case you are notified of hazardous conditions that require your attention. Such conditions are defined by the thresholds on the selected metrics....

Written by Clifford Few days ago we launched anexperimental previewof the new Anturis user interface. This is the foundation for further improvements based on your feedback. The new UI introduces two new sections: Account Overview (Home) and Infrastructure Overview. On these screens, you’ve got the option to easily see details of recently detected problems.

Simply snag the services you want to receive notifications for should they stop working. Windows Server monitoring setup wizard A new component punch in is now available: Windows Server. Create it by clicking the New Component button. urrent monitor types are:

Lets go through the major features and changes. hey note that until the upcoming update the new monitors are available for Windows systems only. you’re free to learn the basics of the SMART system here.

Written by Clifford What is the Nginx web and proxy server and how does it compare to Apache? Should you use one of these servers or both? Here we explore some answers to these questions. The Apache web servers have been in use since 1995. Apache powers more websites than any other product; Microsoft IIS comes in second. Another example is using mod_php to execute php scripts without having to use cgi....

Written by Clifford In this article, we provide an overview of the OpenStack open source cloud computing environment. Introducing OpenStack OpenStack is becoming the standard open source cloud hosting software. Lots of companies are using it. It is designed to deploy one or two virtual machine or hundreds or thousands of them. This is called bare-metal. The new release of OpenStack, called Kilo, has just shipped. OpenStack optionally ships with Ubuntu and Redhat, showing how popular it has become....

The ping monitor supports both IPv4 and IPv6 hosts. Pingis a utility that is used to test thereachabilityandlatencyof an Internet Protocol (IP) internet host. The echo reply contains the exact data received in the echo request message. Regular ping monitoring is a reliable way to ensure stable availability of your critical web servers. This will enable you to detect connection failures as soon as possible and to minimize outage time.

It is built primarily for busy IT administrators who aim tominimize maintenance complexity and costs. Simply tell us the URL and well do the rest. Anturis Agent is our monitoring guard. There are several Public Agents hosted in different geographical locations. These Agents are available to be used by all Anturis customers and are maintained by Anturis. Any Anturis Private Agent can also be used as a monitoring location for your websites or web services....

Running out of free physical memory is one of the reasons forserver performance degradation. A memory leak is a common problem for server software. RAM monitor can helpidentify a memory leak earlyand properly react to this problem before a crash occurs.

Hundreds of SPs use Anturis as a part of their daily operations. Setup is achieved via astep-by-step wizard, and monitoring begins immediately. As a SaaS-based solution, monitoring of multiple distributed infrastructures can begin immediately without impacting client services. Anturis empowers decision makers to maneuver for new emerging opportunities and tackle weaknesses in existing systems. No back and forth, no delays; Anturis streamlines systems and bolsters company-client relationships. Details of the problem can be viewed on both current and historical issues....

This is done from a management host (SNMP manager). SNMP is designed to have minimum impact on the managed devices and data pipe traffic. It is generally very stable and will continue working even when other connection applications fail. The capabilities are limited only by the amount of data that a machine was designed to provide through SNMP. You retrieve an MIB object from an SNMP rig by sending a Get message from the SNMP manager....

Written by Clifford Virtualization killed the hardware business for companies like Sun (now Oracle). What virtualization did was make popular the idea of replacing physical servers with virtual ones. That drives down the price and increases standardization, which drives down operating costs. That means all of those expensive Solaris servers have been replaced with virtual servers running on high-end PCs. Therefore, management, who pays the bills, asks, Why not do the same thing with networking?...

But earlier generations of SSD had some issues with lifespan. This key in of storage has limited life due to the physical properties of semiconductors. But the industry pushed ahead, finding technical solutions to handle the issue. Costs were also driven down, as the price of SSD was at first prohibitive. They do not have to worry about how long their system will last. SSDs and HDDs now both have a similar expected lifespan....