I didn't say you were wrong. There are many valid answers to fuzzy questions.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Cunningham Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Stats The question was in regard to "Now Mgmt wants Exchange uptime stats. Any suggestions on how you determine, once a minute, for example, when Exchange is up or not? Yipes!" That question is so broad you could drive a bus through it. You may consider human evaluation sufficient but I do not, in my case my management considers uptime to be uptime of a service not necessarily a particular server. ie if they cannot access mail via OWA because the iis service is stopped, as far as they are concerned "email is down" they fact that only one client type is unavailable is irrelevant. Uptime=availability Agree, performance is a different kettle of fish but is the next logical request from management and that is why I threw it in. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Sent: Wednesday, 18 August 2004 1:51 p.m. To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Stats Fine, but a human evaluation of when the failure starts and ends is sufficient for recording purposes. As I recall, the question was about monitoring how long Exchange is up, not whether or how well its services are performing. If one needs to monitor Exchange for performance and availability, that's a whole different kettle of fish. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T ********************************************************************** Have you clicked on yet? www.nrc.govt.nz ********************************************************************** NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
