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Why Monitor?
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Why do I need to monitor my web site?
In one word, downtime. Downtime equals lost customers, lost customers equals lost sales, lost sales equals lost profits, lost profits equals.... well... you get the idea. So let's minimize the downtime to minimize lost profits. If your hosting provider or ISP is up 99% of the time, that means you are down 15 minutes every day. That is not very good uptime.
How do you know if your site is affected by hosting/ISP outages, server failures, or Internet "anomalies"? Do you think your hosting/ISP provider will tell you when your site is down because of a problem? Look at the chart below and see what uptime you can live with. How do you know you are meeting that number?
| Percent Uptime |
Downtime - 1 day |
Downtime - 1 week |
Downtime - 1 month |
Downtime - 1 year |
| 90% |
2 hrs, 24 mins |
16 hrs, 48 mins |
3 days |
36 days, 12 hrs |
| 95% |
1 hr, 12 mins |
8 hrs, 24 mins |
1 day, 12 hrs |
18 days, 6 hrs |
| 99% |
14 mins, 24 secs |
1 hr, 40 mins, 48 secs |
7 hrs, 12 mins |
3 days, 15 hrs, 36 mins |
| 99.9% |
1 min, 26.4 secs |
10 mins, 4.8 secs |
43 mins, 12 secs |
8 hrs, 45 mins, 36 secs |
| 99.99% |
8.64 secs |
1 min, 0.48 secs |
4 mins, 19.2 secs |
52 mins, 33.6 secs |
| 99.999% |
0.86 secs |
6.05 secs |
25.92 secs |
5 mins, 15.36 secs |
| 99.9999% |
0.09 secs |
0.6 secs |
2.59 secs |
31.54 secs |
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For more exact figures, view our Cost of Downtime calculator.
How do I know if I need to monitor my web site?
Answer this one question. If your web site was down, would you want to be notified?
If you answered "Yes", then you need to have SiteGuardian monitor your site. SiteGuardian will let you know when you are having problems with accessibility and performance.
Sign up for a free 30 day trial today.
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