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Scenario
Let's say you operate an acme.com domain that has four servers...
- Two web servers at www1.acme.com and www2.acme.com
- A mail server at mail.acme.com
- A database server at db.acme.com
Setup
To monitor these four servers effectively, you might configure your Trendics account as follows...
| Devices | Monitored Tests | Alert Rules | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|
| www1.acme.com | HTTP Connection Test | <100% Uptime | Notify via email (kent@acme.com) |
| Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | |||
| >800 ms Latency | Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | ||
| Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | |||
| www2.acme.com | HTTP Connection Test | <100% Uptime | Notify via email (kent@acme.com) |
| Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | |||
| >800 ms Latency | Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | ||
| Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | |||
| mail.acme.com | POP3 Connection Test | <100% Uptime | Notify via email (kent@acme.com) |
| Notify via SMS (+1 316-555-1212) | |||
| >800 ms Latency | Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | ||
| Notify via SMS (+1 316-555-1212) | |||
| SMTP Connection Test | <100% Uptime | Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | |
| Notify via SMS (+1 316-555-1212) | |||
| >800 ms Latency | Notify via email (kent@acme.com) | ||
| Notify via SMS (+1 316-555-1212) | |||
| db.acme.com | Network Connection Test | <100% Uptime | Notify via Yahoo IM (kent13600@yahoo.com) |
| >800 ms Latency | Notify via Yahoo IM (kent13600@yahoo.com) |
Cost
If all Monitored Tests above were done every 15 minutes, the total monthly cost for 5 monitored tests is...$0.00/month.
If all Monitored Tests above were done every 5 minutes, the total monthly cost for 5 monitored tests is...$28.00/month (includes one more Monitored Test for the same $28.00/month).
If all Monitored Tests above were done every 1 minutes, the total monthly cost for 5 monitored tests is...$90.00/month.
Tip
To avoid receiving excessive notifications when you have multiple failures, you might choose to enable Alert Aggregation on each Contact. With Alert Aggregation enabled, you can receive a single notification of multiple failures instead of a notification for each failure.