Furthermore, even with a web page, some checks may show down for a cycle or even two but I wouldn't actually consider them down. I trust my alerts to alert me as to when something is truly down. Specifically I have some nested checks where even if the first two are down (i.e. one file is present, and the other file is present) but the third one is still up (file is not old) I would not consider it being down. I do not alert on the first two that is where the third check comes in.
The web page that we have set up has limited usefullness in that I can check history of checks and things but not as a true status page due to the above scenario. The same would be true of a ticker if it was not configured as an alert with so many times down etc. Jason Passow Network Administrator Mississippi Welders Supply http://www.mwsco.com [email protected] ph: (507) 494-5178 fax: (507) 454-8104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dirk Bulinckx [mailto:[email protected]] To: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:01:26 -0500 Subject: RE: [SA-list] Alerts ticker The part were I think there will be a problem is setting it universally. I'm sure that IF we would add such a ticker feature that very quickly we'll get questions on can we have a different ticker per entry/group. For example why would the database admins need to see the "problems" on the mailservers? From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])] On Behalf Of [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 12:31 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] Alerts ticker I'm throwing an idea around in my mind about setting up a ticker for SA alerts, that people can have scrolling across the bottom of their monitors. The idea would be that every time a check changes status, that would be shown in the ticker for a predetermined amount of time (or number of check cycles). Before I pushed further down this road, I wanted to see if anyone else had already done something like this to avoid me re-inventing the wheel. My ideal scenario would be this: * Ticker installs as a free standing app, not as a web page * Ticker is free or ultra-low cost * Different status changes show in different colours - e.g. new down is in red, new up is in green, change to maintenance is in blue * Ticker responds immediately the check changes status (like an alert) rather than waiting for the end of the check cycle (like a web output page) * Ticker can be set universally, rather than having to set it up as an alert on each check * Time that items appear on the ticker can be customised I've had a quick look for existing software that would do this. There are a few RSS tickers around (such as http://www.rssadvantage.com/ (http://www.rssadvantage.com/)), although maybe better is a ticker that can take a txt file (such as Text Ticker from http://www.slashbackassociates.com/ (http://www.slashbackassociates.com/)). That's $20 for a single licence, getting (much) cheaper as you buy more, but given that we're being ultra-thrifty at the moment I'd rather get something free... ;-) Any thoughts from anyone on this? Dirk - do you see this as a possible feature for SA? Ian _________________________________ Ian K Gray OEL IS - European Infrastructure Support Tel: +44 1236 502661 Mob: +44 7881 518854 Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit ______________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily of the Company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by legal privilege. 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