HostGuardian offers a complete set of monitoring tools that verify not only a machine on the internet is responding, but that it is delivering the correct content, replying to processes, and connected without latency or packet loss.

Service Descriptions:

HostGuardian:
HostGuardian verifies ports are open on a specific host.

ContentGuardian:
ContentGuardian scans the content of a specific URL, and verifies it contains certain keywords. Page download time is also analyzed against a threshold set by the user. If the page takes longer than the set threshold, an alert is sent. If the URL given is a form, ContentGuardian can also verify web-based forms by sending field/value pairs to the given URL and verify the page returned contains your keywords.

ProcessGuardian:
ProcessGuardian checks the reply to a service request, and verifies it is giving the proper response.

BandwidthGuardian:
BandwidthGuardian gathers bandwidth usage data from your SNMP-enabled devices, and verifies that it is not using more than the maximum threshold.

RouterGuardian:
RouterGuardian verifies the router/host is not experiencing latency or packet loss.

OpenGuardian:
OpenGuardian allows you to take monitoring to the next level. Point OpenGuardian to any CGI script that reports a value, and OpenGuardian will check that value against thresholds that you configure in the toolset. You can specify either a minimum value, maximum value, or both. This allows you to monitor anything. Mail queues, hard drive usage, CPU utiliziation. The possibilities are endless.

GuardianMonitor:
GuardianMonitor is a dynamic page that displays HostGuardian, ContentGuardian, ProcessGuardian, and RouterGuardian entries with their current status. This allows on-call staff to immediately respond to a problem without waiting for a notification.

Alerting/Notifications:
Any failure on Guardian entries will result in a notification to an email address, and an alert to an alpha-numeric pager or SMS capable mobile phone (phone must have an email address). Alerts can also be sent to an AIM screen name. Multiple contact entries are available with every account.

Reporting:
Summary and specific entry reports are available for every account.

Tools:
Provided to every account are tools that will assist in troubleshooting problems, establishing which ports are available to monitor, and check current network conditions.