Short answer: Yes, our system checks your uptime monitor target from all of the selected locations randomly spread out within the same minute. So, if you select (for instance) to monitor from 6 locations, then all 6 locations will ping your website/service every minute. Longer answer: Most of the uptime monitoring systems out there today […]
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Why is Uptime Monitoring so important? Why should I do it?
We’re going to address the answers to these questions a bit differently based on the role you play in the hosting industry: A. If you’re a hosting client No matter what type of hosting services (may it be shared hosting, vps hosting, dedicated servers, cloud hosting, etc.) you bought and from which hosting providers you’ve bought […]
Managing Large Numbers of Blacklist Monitors
When managing only a few tens or hundreds of blacklist monitors, it may be easy to handle them all efficiently, but what about when you have thousands or tens of thousands? This short guide will explain how to manage large numbers of blacklist monitors just as efficiently as managing a few monitors. Let’s assume you […]
How do blacklist notifications work? When do I get notified?
When you first add your blacklist monitors to our platform, the system will start the initial check-up. The initial check-up will not generate any notifications, as our system only notifies you when it detects any changes (i.e., when your IPs get listed or delisted from any RBLs), and the initial check-up does not detect any […]
Protect your Status Page with a Password
You can easily protect any of your status pages with a password, so only the people you share this password with can view the status page. Start by going to your “Status Pages” dashboard from the top side menu in your client area: Now, find the status page you wish to protect with a password, […]
Add Twitter Feed to Bulk Report
You can easily add your own Twitter Feed to any of your Bulk Reports in order to keep your users updated in real time of what’s going on with your network. The steps to do this are extremely simple. From your Bulk Reports page, find the Bulk Monitor you wish to add the Twitter Feed […]
Nameserver Monitoring
This feature is included for free in our Uptime Monitor service. When monitoring the uptime of a target that contains a domain name, our system will try to determine the domain’s nameservers. This is enabled by default. There are no extra settings you need to configure. *Nameservers are checked every 15 minutes for any Uptime […]
Domain Expiration Monitoring
This feature is included for free in our Uptime Monitor service. When monitoring the uptime of a target that contains a domain name, our system will try to determine the domain’s expiration date. This is enabled by default. There are no extra settings you need to configure. Once you’ve added the Uptime Monitor containing the domain […]
mxtoolbox alternative?
Looking for a mxtoolbox alternative? Here’s why HetrixTools is the right choice: Granted, they’re not all bad things, mxtoolbox does currently offer a wider variety of tools than we are offering, we’ll get there at some point, but when it comes pure blacklist monitoring, all the above mentioned points are valid. But why take our word […]
Why should I blacklist check & blacklist monitor my IPs?
If you’re a client: You should be aware of what kind of IPs your provider has given you. If these IPs are blacklisted in several places, it could potentially end up hurting your business. If your shared hosting account, VPS, or dedicated server IPs are blacklisted, then some of your clients may not receive your […]