An update for the end of the decade

We have a number of major releases planned for the beginning of 2010 for our server monitoring service, Server Density; but for now we have just pushed out a few minor updates – subtle changes make all the difference!

Disk usage alerts on any mount point

Previously we only alerted you about % disk usage on your root mount point. Now you can configure alerts on any point. This is useful if you have different partitions set up for databases, home directories, etc.

Alert suggestions

Next year, Server Density will start to be more proactive in helping you figure out what to do with the data we provide and making suggestions based on the data we have. The first part of this is alert suggestions, which are now available to all paid and trial users.

You’ll find the link to “Suggested alerts” for each server on the “Alerts” tab, which you’ll also notice has been slightly updated to work better if you have multiple servers.

It is important to remember that whilst we try our best and we use your server specs to customise the suggestions, you are still the best person to set alerts based on your knowledge of your server setup, the tasks it performs and previous experience.

Don’t forget to read our CPU load and memory usage guides.

UK VAT changes

A reminder that UK VAT reverts to 17.5% on 1st Jan 2010. Our prices are excluding VAT so only customers in the UK or EEC (who are not businesses) will be affected by this.

Support availability

Support will be closed on Dec 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 31st and Jan 1st. We will of course be monitoring things for emergencies. Let us know if you have any problems.

Merry Christmas!

Which leaves me to say, Merry Christmas! We’re looking forward to 2010!