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Author here, this is using free Microsoft tools only. Was a big hit in our troubleshooting course, so we figured we release it for public benefit.

Hey DennisM, The first thing I would check is that you can hit the webserver. You can do some of that with a tool like PortCheck: http://mvolo.com/check-iis-network-connectivity-wi…

We share your sentiment! We are a large-scale startup built entirely on the MSFT stack, in Azure cloud, for the MSFT platform. People on HN don't often talk about it, but it does h…

hey bigdubs, That's certainly a good one! One of the things we'll do to help resolve the hang is to identify where blocking is happening. This will pinpoint the session state modul…

Racism and racially-motivated policies (mostly affirmative action) definitely exist in the US ... Particularly for older, and less educated populations. But the bottom line is, eve…

hi there, The post is about selecting a top level metric for monitoring website performance. One a problem is indicated, you would definitely need to drill in to figure out what pa…

hi nateabele, Author here. Did you also search for stdev, st.dev, variance? Just kidding. The post is not about averages. Its about selecting the right metric to track website perf…

hi, author here. Unfortunately, you HAVE TO do it. If you do not set a threshold for what is acceptable, how do you determine whether or not your are providing an acceptable experi…

hi Steve, Author here. I think most people on HN would echo your sentinment about averages wholesale ... But I wanted to go a little deeper into selecting a better alternative for …

Hi edouard, I completely agree! Keeping toplevel metrics SIMPLE is the key. Of course, simple but also not misleading you into any wrong beliefs. While we liked the 95 percentile a…

hi Jabbles, Author here. The 99 or 95 percentile is a much better metric! We also make the case for the industry standard Apdex or our derived metric, sat score. These are becoming…

Hi, author here. I am in complete agreement. Unfortunately, a lot of monitoring and APM tools still lead with average response time as one of the toplevel metrics. And a lot of peo…

Hi, founder here. 1. You are absolutely right, the agent is an optional component. Without the agent, you get most of LeanSentry's monitoring features without having to install ANY…

Hi there wingspan, founder here. We are making the pricing page more accessible, should be live later tonight. Re: the pricing for 30 servers. 1. If you use our Core plan, which gi…

hi jolt, I hear your sentiment re: hosting LeanSentry yourself. We actually started this way, but over time realized that in order to support our data processing and analysis needs…

Hi meaty, You are right, most APM tools are working on covering multiple platforms. We are trying to provide extra depth into the Windows Server platform because thats what we know…

Hi mijustin, founder here. LeanSentry is somewhat similar to New Relic in that we provide server and application performance monitoring. However, we are 100% focused on the Windows…