mixxt server availability almost 100% for 2009
Last spring, we started using Nagios to analyse the availability and performance of our Community kit mixxt.
Nagios is Free Software (GPL) and monitors critical IT infrastructure components, including system metrics, network protocols, applications, services, servers, and network infrastructure.
To ensure that system, applications, services, and business processes are functioning properly, we monitor all systems—24 hours a day, 7 days a week—and are very pleased with the decent result:
During the last 300 days of 2009, the uptime of the mixxt servers (which means all mixxt hosted communities) was 99.938 %. Only 4.5 hours of downtime, plus scheduled maintenance, this is great news!
These issues are taken very seriously and we’re still working on improvements. Our servers are equipped for our strong growth and running reliable and stable, even through temporary rushes.
mixxt is starting up
We have set off to change social networking. Away from major networks that are flat. We want more privacy, more freedom and ultimatively more influence for the users. So what does all that have to do with mixxt? It is the essence behind our thoughts, decisions and product. With mixxt you can start your own network. As in yours. You do not have to worry about networking under the whim of a huge company, that could change its focus and objectives in a matter of seconds.
You decide who you want to network with and how. You also decide over design, features, privacy and everything else. Start meeting, sharing or just finding people who really have an interest or passion in common with you. All it takes is three minutes. Customising one of our nice designs may take a little longer. But that is it.
Want to take mixxt for a little spin? You can! We are in half-open beta. Which means: joining networks is open to anybody, only depending on the privacy settings by administrators of the networks. If you want to start your own network, just email us (token @ mixxt [dot] net) and we will send you a creation token soon.
