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techidave:
I am looking for some software that would check at regular intervals to see if a server is "up".  These servers would have a live IP so they could be checked from outside of the school network.  If it is down, then it would send an email or some other form of communication.  Preferrably something that is free or inexpensive.

Has anyone ever done any reviews on this type of software??

Thanks,
Dave

Maybe the word monitor is a better choice than up or down. :-[

justice:
http://www.hostalive.net/hostalive.html
I used that for a while, it works well although I don't understand why on my system the config file was placed in my startup folder :D It can alert you by sound email or visually too.

techidave:
Let me see if I can further complicate the problem.  I could run it on an internal station but if our internet or mail server are down then I won't get the alert.  I am needing to run this program from outside of our network so that I can be sure to get the alert message.   But at home, I am not always logged into the computer, so this program may not always be running. I could run it on my laptop but it isn't always on...

Perhaps there is a web base program?? 

Eóin:
A windows service would run in the background as long as the machine is turned on even if no one is logged on. Google mentions some ways of running a normal program as a service, not having tried any of them I couldn't recommend a particular one.

justice:
I just found this website: http://host-tracker.com/ if you want to get reports you can sign up for a free 30 day trial, after which it will revert to the free version. For two or less servers and weekly reports its free see http://host-tracker.com/order-page/ seems alright to check server performance but for uptime notification you need to sign up to one of the price plan.

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