Off the top of my head I cant remember, We have 15 different customers running approx 22 servers being monitored with hounddog.
The costs vary depending if you want 5 or 15 minute checks, how many servers, client confidence notes etc. We have some customers getting notes. Basically we get the daily check results e-mailed to us by 9am, then have untill 10:30 to fix any alerts, then the client confidence notes are sent to the customer, saying that all tests are passed. Thenb throughout the rest of the day we get alerts if any of the 24 x 7 checks fail, service stopped, communication lost to agent and pings etc that can be configured. Works well for us and our customers like the client confidence notes (though we only offer it to those we think are intelligent enough to understand them :) ) I think our monthly houndog bill is approx £45 - 90 but then it was a long time ago i set up the deal with them, and the pricing may have changed. Also the agent can be branded so it installs and runs as Benjamins Monitoring Agent., as does the confidence notes etc., so client sees it as yours. Graeme 2009/5/2 Benjamin Zachary - Lists <[email protected]> > Looks interesting, as a SAAS solution. Any idea how much? They want me to > fill out a form for a price guide. Im sure theres lots of different things, > just trying to get a general idea. > > I see the new Servers Alive has a 'remote agent' feature. Looks promising > too, an 800k service taking 2mb ram to relay alerts back to a central > server. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 4:40 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Monitoring Remotely > > We use hounddog. They provide a central hosted monitoring agents on > client servers or desktops. Dashboard and email alerts etc , can > config 5 10 or 15 min checks throughout the day. Plus seperate daily > checks for av backup disk space etc. They are constantly adding new > features like service start asset checks etc > > They are Dundee based but I cannot remember there ful URL > > Graeme > > On 02/05/2009, Benjamin Zachary - Lists <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been using Servers Alive for a lot of my clients who I monitor > their > > lan. However, its getting a little large and tedious to go in and out of > > remote clients and I was hoping for like a more centralized solution. > > > > > > > > The newest Servers Alive has a remote agent that talks over ssh that Im > > about to test, but was wondering if anyone else knew of something > similar. > > > > > > > > Basically I would like to monitor cpu/ram/disk/a few services, and maybe > > event log would be nice. However, if the internet goes down I would like > the > > central unit to determine that first (something that servers alive *does* > > but mostly for the LAN so far). > > > > > > > > Right now I simply ping and/or port test remotely and then SA runs > > internally so I have it covered but its too much at this point to manage > > effectively. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > -- > Good news everyone, you have just received and e-mail from me! > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- Good news everyone, you have just received and e-mail from me! Steve Martin <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/steve_martin.html> - "I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
