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Re: Pingdom is joining SolarWinds

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Post by toomuchtodo »

edwhitesell wrote: post #29
incision wrote: post #17

Maybe now they'll find the time, money, give-a-shit or whatever to address this maddening omission [1] (Can't omit check sources by geography). If nothing else, this move will give me a recognizable name to refer to when trying to convince certain folks to dump some of the truly awful monitoring services out there. Not long ago I encountered a place that was paying one of the old giants $1100/yr per target for simple…

I've never used Pingdom (or any service like it), but I've considered building a monitoring service for a number of years. The ability to configure monitoring and/or alerting by geographic region (if not specific nodes) has always been in the top 5 list of features.

Now may be your time to build your service.

Re: Pingdom is joining SolarWinds

#32

Post by toomuchtodo »

jmeickle wrote: post #26
MattBearman wrote: post #3

I thought it was odd that this statement seems to avoid using words like 'acquire', 'buy' or anything else the would mean Pingom has been purchased by SolarWinds. It wasn't until I clicked on the FAQ link that I was sure that an acquisition has just happened :s

The Solarwinds brand isn't as flashy as the Pingdom brand. It makes sense that they'd want to maintain as much independence as possible until they decide whether to eat it or not.

Exactly this.

When I think Solarwinds, I think crufty enterprise shop that needs polished monitoring tools. When I think Pingdom, I think external monitoring for my startup app.

Re: Pingdom is joining SolarWinds

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Post by toomuchtodo »

samstave wrote: post #30
verelo wrote: post #5

I really feel that in a world with tools like Newrelic that pingdom is starting to lose its value. I know there are significant differences between the two, but in terms of what I personally rely on each day to keep a tab on things, I can say that for me Pingdom is far less critical than it once was. I hope this deal sees them innovate beyond a UI refresh (Which is just about all thats changed in the last 10 years)

We use stackdriver and pagerduty. Replaced all other monitoring tools.

Isn't Stackdriver owned by Google now?

Re: Pingdom is joining SolarWinds

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Post by samstave »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #33
samstave wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We use stackdriver and pagerduty. Replaced all other monitoring tools.

Isn't Stackdriver owned by Google now?

Yep. We were using them prior... and honestly their service is amazing. Very un-google from a customer support perspective - Stackdrivers support is fantastic.

Re: Pingdom is joining SolarWinds

#35

Post by windexh8er »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #31
edwhitesell wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never used Pingdom (or any service like it), but I've considered building a monitoring service for a number of years. The ability to configure monitoring and/or alerting by geographic region (if not specific nodes) has always been in the top 5 list of features.

Now may be your time to build your service.

Agreed, but wait until I build mine first. ;)

Pingdom seemed to be the service that was one of the more prominent first to market options and then promptly sat on their laurels waiting for a buy-out. That seems to have come to fruition.

Based on the quality of product Solarwinds offers, I will now go delete any remaining monitoring I've been using from them.

I think the market could use a really good monitoring platform that does a lot more than what's on the service offering from the likes of Pingdom.

Re: Pingdom is joining SolarWinds

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Post by clavalle »

mrjatx wrote: post #28
clavalle wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Austin, that probably won't be too difficult. Expensive, but not difficult.

Shouldn't be expensive. Plenty of "1st admin job" webhosts in town. Although I don't know why anyone would leave them for a job at Solarwinds.

SolarWinds is a good place to work AFAIK.

All of the employees that I know are cool people and very happy there and the pay, if I remember correctly, was pretty good.

BTW, the good admins are not coming out of the standard webhost support roles. Those people are cheap, but for good reason. The higher tiers at those shops, maybe.

Re: Pingdom is joining SolarWinds

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Post by freakezoid »

windexh8er wrote: post #35
toomuchtodo wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now may be your time to build your service.

Agreed, but wait until I build mine first. ;) Pingdom seemed to be the service that was one of the more prominent first to market options and then promptly sat on their laurels waiting for a buy-out. That seems to have come to fruition. Based on the quality of product Solarwinds offers, I will now go delete any remaining monitoring I've been using from them. I think the market could use a really good monitoring platf…

Take a look at PRTG from Paessler ;)

Re: Pingdom is joining SolarWinds

#38

Post by Andys »

incision wrote: post #17

Maybe now they'll find the time, money, give-a-shit or whatever to address this maddening omission [1] (Can't omit check sources by geography). If nothing else, this move will give me a recognizable name to refer to when trying to convince certain folks to dump some of the truly awful monitoring services out there. Not long ago I encountered a place that was paying one of the old giants $1100/yr per target for simple…

Off the top of my head, siteuptime.com and copperegg.com offer this
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