Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run

Re:Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run by r38y on Monday September 24, 2012 @08:24PM (#4567849)

Thank's for pointing out that price != cost. The value of the service is in not having to ever panic again when checking the backups during an emergency.

It is very easy to be notified when something happens (for example, MAILTO in cron) but it's hard to know when something DOESN'T happen, especially if you work on a lot of sites.

There are plenty of ways to be notified when something doesn't happen if you are willing to use a little elbow grease... we use one of them to make sure DMS itself is working properly.

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Re:Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run by StavrosK on Monday September 24, 2012 @09:02PM (#4567951)

As the creator and owner of deadmansswitch.net, I hate you :P

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Re:Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run by r38y on Monday September 24, 2012 @09:42PM (#4568070)

Haha, sorry. Maybe you shouldn't squat on domains? :P

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Re:Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run by StavrosK on Monday September 24, 2012 @09:44PM (#4568086)

I didn't realize running a web app on it for seven years was squatting!

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Re:Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run by mikeryan on Monday September 24, 2012 @10:04PM (#4568142)

you might be thinking of deadmansswitch.com

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Re:Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run by alxndr on Monday September 24, 2012 @09:49PM (#4568107)

I've used one-line cron scripts that capture output of a command, check it, and if it doesn't look like what it should, sends me an email.

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Re:Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run by cheap on Monday September 24, 2012 @09:41PM (#4568068)

I know a lot of designers that will love and support this product.

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