"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web
database monitoring for websites
As more and more companies sell their products and deliver information online, the use of backend databases such as MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle are becoming much more common. In the past, few website hosting companies provided database access, but that is now behind us due to the widespread use of shopping carts and Content Management Systems. Databases are now the norm rather than the exception. Yet, despite increased utilization of databases, most of them go unmonitored for functionality. And that is a dirty secret few website hosting companies want to admit. When delivering products or information from a database, it quickly becomes a single point of failure and one that few website owners have the sophistication to properly monitor. In addition, most database monitoring tools and database monitoring software packages are made for enterprise level databases and are quite costly.
how our database monitoring tool works
UV Uptime makes it easy for you to be instantly alerted if there are problems connecting to or retrieving data from your databases. Essentially a new dynamic URL is monitored (PHP, Perl, ASP, etc.) that connects to your database or databases. If the program connects and retrieves data successfully, it then prints something such as "Database1 OK". This phrase would then be a search term for the Text Inspector feature. If for any reason there are database or data retrieval problems, you would be instantly alerted and able to contact your website hosting company or IT department immediately. One program can be setup to monitor multiple databases, even in multiple locations. All of this is possible without the hassle of buying and installing desktop based database monitoring software.
If you need any help setting up your databases for monitoring, please e-mail support@UV Uptime.com. We have sample dynamic connection programs in multiple languages we would be happy to customize to your needs.
Don't let your databases go unmonitored. Join UV Uptime with a free two-week trial and start monitoring your website databases today!
