Rails - Feb 2011 - Real-time web traffic alert notifications (email or SMS) on the cheap?

I''m a big fan of New Relic. One of the services they provide is alerts
when your traffic goes up unexpectedly above a predetermined level.

Does anyone have a favorite, inexpensive "traffic alert" tool that can
be used on a small site--a site that''s not yet big enough for monthly
payments of $150 for New Relic Silver (or even the $36 price tag for New
Relic Silver on Heroku). Maybe a nice little does-just-one-thing-well
tool that''s $2-3/month or something.

The closest I''ve found are Clicky and Chartbeat, both of which seem to
have real-time alerts for just under $10 a month. That''s not bad, but
it''s more than $2 or $3.

A server-side tool in Ruby would be preferable to a client-side tool in
JavaScript. Because a server-side tool would also track API traffic.

I know Google Analytics sends email alerts but they''re daily.
I''m
thinking more of a "you''ve been slashdotted" kind of thing
where you can
know in a few minutes.

Thanks! And if no one knows about one maybe I''ll write one myself.

Brian

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for a cheap simple monitor tool for a site that is up or down -
http://monitor.rootinternet.co.uk/en/index.php


On Feb 11, 10:53 am, Brian Morearty
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I''m a big fan of New Relic. One of the services they provide is
alerts
> when your traffic goes up unexpectedly above a predetermined level.
>
> Does anyone have a favorite, inexpensive "traffic alert" tool
that can
> be used on a small site--a site that''s not yet big enough for
monthly
> payments of $150 for New Relic Silver (or even the $36 price tag for New
> Relic Silver on Heroku). Maybe a nice little does-just-one-thing-well
> tool that''s $2-3/month or something.
>
> The closest I''ve found are Clicky and Chartbeat, both of which
seem to
> have real-time alerts for just under $10 a month. That''s not bad,
but
> it''s more than $2 or $3.
>
> A server-side tool in Ruby would be preferable to a client-side tool in
> JavaScript. Because a server-side tool would also track API traffic.
>
> I know Google Analytics sends email alerts but they''re daily.
I''m
> thinking more of a "you''ve been slashdotted" kind of
thing where you can
> know in a few minutes.
>
> Thanks! And if no one knows about one maybe I''ll write one myself.
>
> Brian
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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