Choosing Test Interval when Monitoring Multiple Sites
When monitoring multiple sites on a single server (physical machine), a slower test interval per site is sufficient and can save you money.
For example: If a company has 30 websites on a single server, they can get away with only monitoring each site at a 30 minute interval because their server will be getting tested, on average, once per minute as each website is tested. The reason why this is important to note is because it is likely that if one website goes down then so do all of the other sites on the same physical server.
Therefore, a 30-minute test interval per site is sufficient to ensure that all sites and the server are running properly throughout the entire 30 minute period.
For example: If a company has 30 websites on a single server, they can get away with only monitoring each site at a 30 minute interval because their server will be getting tested, on average, once per minute as each website is tested. The reason why this is important to note is because it is likely that if one website goes down then so do all of the other sites on the same physical server.
Therefore, a 30-minute test interval per site is sufficient to ensure that all sites and the server are running properly throughout the entire 30 minute period.
Updated on: 10/13/2022
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