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GIGRIB - Free Web Site Uptime Monitoring
Filed in: Web — March 28th, 2006
As a webmaster, it is very important to always monitor the server uptime. There are many server uptime monitoring services available and they usually charge for a small fee (a few bucks per month) to monitor your server uptime.
GIGRIB (Green Is Good, Red Is Bad) is a free uptime monitoring service which take advantage of P2P technology.
How does it work?
Like other P2P network, GIGRIB requires you to download a GIGRIB client. The GIGRIB client will become a test note and monitor other web sites’ uptime. You will earn uptime check credits. For every 1 hour you run GIGRIB, you earn 5 hours of web site monitoring hours.
Hey, I found other FREE website monitoring services!
Yes, there are some free website monitoring services, but the checking time of free website monitoring is usually quite long (15 minutes).
With GIGRIB, you can monitor your website uptime as often as every minute. Plus, your website will be monitored by multiple locations (thanks to the nature of P2P network) for more accurate result.
My two cents
I like the idea. It is a new usage of P2P technology for something legal and useful. Currently, the GIGRIB (what a name…) client only supports Windows platform. Hopefully it will release Mac version soon. I don’t mind to run it 24/7 on my computer in order to monitor my websites uptime for free. 
[via GIGRIB (Thanks, Peter) ]
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March 29th, 2006 at 1:33 am
Oh my provider’s gonna hate that tool for sure
A.H
November 23rd, 2006 at 9:11 am
I am a bit concerned that the GIGRIB Terms of Service link at the bottom of their home page leads to… a 404 error.
Their FAQ does not explicitly mention what data is sent from your computer… and I don’t want some sort of spyware (or worse) type client app running on my machine.
Have you had any issues running the GIGRIB client on your machine(s)?
Robin
February 8th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
I read this post earlier during development.
Now I’ve dropped by to tell you about an additional free server uptime monitor at http://basicstate.com/
Please drop by and give it a spin.
February 18th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
For Mac, try this: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/networking_security/watchmousesitemonitor.html