Friday, May 6, 2011

Keeping a eye!!



Recently I have made use of a SaaS application called Server Density by boxedice.com it is really awesome web based app that monitors your servers in realtime and alerts you on events that you create. For instance I need to know when my Server load reaches 4.00 I get a email and if it gets to 6.00 I get a txt. Pretty handy when you need to manage many servers.

What is really handy besides monitoring the OS you can set triggers for services like apache and mysql.

The best part of this product is I can snapshot those events so If I am out of the office and the load spikes It will snap shot and email me a link to the snap shot telling me exactly what triggered the load. This is useful when trying to find out what scripts are killing my server farm!

The power of mobile is another plus in my life. Been a Open Source fan I love the Google Andriod push technology to get alerts on my phone.

How does this tie back to Blue Box 2.0. Well having to manage many servers you tend to lose sight of what is actually happening and this product is a niche fit to my growing network. To get Server Density installed on your BB 2.0 system drop us a line in the callcenter and we will assist you.

Geek Out :)