http://appgirl.net/blog/keeping-the-lights-on/ it's a wild wild web out there Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:38:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://appgirl.net/blog/keeping-the-lights-on/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Martin Stein Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:39:44 +0000 http://appgirl.net/blog/?p=244#comment-315 We used to have something inside applications called a 'heartbeat' - some transaction that exercises the major parts of the app but has no effect other than checking that the app is still up. You run the heartbeat periodically and measure the time it takes to get a feeling for load. Other than that it's an app-level ping. We used to have something inside applications called a ‘heartbeat’ – some transaction that exercises the major parts of the app but has no effect other than checking that the app is still up.
You run the heartbeat periodically and measure the time it takes to get a feeling for load. Other than that it’s an app-level ping.

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