How to monitor your server performance?

The security of your server is essential for the health of your site or more structured application. The errors found at the server level are reflected on your web space, damaging the operation of your business and the image of your brand, or they can create heavy interruptions of operations for those who work with your management software.

This is why it is important to monitor your server’s performance , in order to monitor various resources, to verify information such as data loss, server capacity or required response time.

Thanks to Active Monitoring you will have at your disposal a monitoring tool that will notify you in real time if problems are found on your server : in this way you can solve them quickly and avoid any damage.

What would happen if, for example, your e-commerce was not reachable? You would lose visits and turnover. Using an efficient monitoring system will help you avoid these unpleasant situations, or at least minimize their discomfort.

What is Active Monitoring?

The Active Monitoring service helps you monitor the security level of your applications, monitoring the performance of your server and taking into consideration various parameters, such as CPU load or RAM memory. This service notifies you in real time, via an email notification, in the event of unforeseen events: in this way, you can intervene quickly and resolve the situation. The target? Guarantee safety and efficiency at all times.

Each parameter is associated with a Probe that will constantly observe the ports of the server, preset by you . You can activate the probes (performance indicators) quickly and intuitively from the service management page on your Manager Control Panel , activating and deactivating them at any time.

The probes can check if:

  • the server is online: ICPM / Ping Response;
  • you can access your server correctly: SSH connection;
  • you can remotely access your Windows server: RDP connection;
  • your site is online: HTTTP / HTTPS connection;
  • you can connect to the web space of your site: FTP connection;
  • connections related to email protocols: IMAP / POP3 / SMTP;
  • the processor is stressed: CPU load;
  • the memory is saturated: RAM occupation;
  • storage disk space is running low: storage occupation.

Why is it important to monitor? 

The monitoring service, compatible with all our solutions, is active in real time on the probes you have set up.

Keeping your space under control is always important, both in the case of Web Hosting and dedicated solutions . You will need to monitor your performance, in particular, in this second scenario: having a server under your management, in fact, on the one hand brings numerous advantages in terms of performance and autonomy, on the other implies greater attention to all factors. related to safety.

What are our solutions?

We offer you two types of monitoring: Active Monitoring Base and Active Monitoring Managed .

Active Monitoring Base

The Active Monitoring Base service allows you to activate probes to measure the aforementioned resources. If the probe detects an altered state compared to the level initially set, the service sends you an e-mail notification, immediately giving you the opportunity to intervene to resolve the situation . Thanks to constant monitoring and in real time you can prevent stressful situations and minimize the downtime of your site.

We have designed 3 types of hobs: Small, Medium and Large depending on the number of probes that can be activated. You can activate from 3 to 10 probes to have a complete monitoring of each parameter, according to your needs.

Active Monitoring Managed

With this second type of monitoring, in addition to the Basic functions, you have a great advantage: in the event of problems detected by the probes, in addition to receiving an email notification, this plan provides for the proactive technical assistance of one of our expert technicians to solve the problem, restoring the optimal level of performance in the shortest possible time: the goal is to support you at 360 degrees.

Active Monitoring Managed also includes 3 types of plans: Small, Medium and Large, always with 3, 5 or 10 probes that can be activated.

The plans are scalable, so if 3 probes aren’t enough for you, you can upgrade your plan, for example from Small to Medium.

How is the service activated?

Once you have purchased the service , you can set up your custom probes from our Manager Panel:

  • Log in to the Manager Panel with your credentials;
  • Select the Add Probe item from the Menu;
  • Set the parameters of the selected probes.

If you prefer, you can consult the guide which explains the procedure in detail.

Why did we create Active Monitoring?

We have implemented Active Monitoring as a security and prevention measure for your site. Thanks to the feedback received, we know how important it is for you to have full control of the server, which is why with our service there are no surprises and you can peacefully constantly monitor the various resources of your server.

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