I have requested netcraft to monitor the server which is hosting my website.
They can do that for free and the information they provide is actually quite useful, drawing a graph of uptime and giving information about the version of the http server running, etc.
The only constraint is that you have to request the information on a regular basis, or else, they’ll stop polling the server.
I will use it to check whether rcthost, my hosting server, is reliable enough, although I already have my opinion on this…
There have just been too many problems recently such as wrong data on the statistics, which can lead to exceeding your quota on bandwidth, compelling you to upgrade your account, unless you want to leave your website inactive for the rest of the month, frequent reboots, license of the cpanel expiring, preventing you from managing your website, etc.
Anybody has a good suggestion for a hosting server, please let me know… I’m looking for a Unix/Linux server allowing ssh and all the usual stuff (php, MySql, Advanced Guestbook, etc.).