[hobbit] Metrics Question

[Ulric Eriksson]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR wrote:

> I have a question about metrics. My boss is looking for a way to track
> our application and database uptime metrics. I already do simple
> connection checks to the databases and applications, but that really is
> not a good indicator. The application/database could be down, but the IP
> address would still be available. I was wondering if/how anyone in the
> community is using Hobbit to watch/monitor application/database uptime
> metrics. Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank
> you!

Write an ext script that mimics a user interacting with the 
application, then use that to measure availability. This is 
trivial for most databases and web applications.

Ulric