February 2011 Summaries

New Relic offers availability monitoring at no extra charge, which pings applications every 30 seconds to alert on downtime events. Setting up is straightforward, requiring only a URL input. Advanced options include validating service substrings and ensuring SSL certificates are valid. The feature provides context for application performance data, allowing users to see uptime statistics alongside app performance metrics.

New Relic offers an availability monitoring service that checks your application's uptime every 30 seconds and alerts you if it goes down, integrating these events with app performance data at no extra cost. Users simply need to enter a URL to set it up, with advanced options available for SSL certificate validation and substring matching. The service allows users to see downtime events in context with application performance, providing insights into uptime statistics, such as monthly availability. Feedback from over a thousand beta testers contributed to refining this feature. While the blog post reflects the author's views, it invites users to engage with questions and support through the Explorers Hub, noting that solutions are environment-specific and not commercially endorsed by New Relic.