What Monitoring Frequency to Choose?

Find the balance between responsiveness and resources.

Your check frequency directly impacts your MTTD (detection time). A check every 5 minutes means up to 5 minutes before detecting an outage.

But not all services need the same responsiveness. This guide helps you choose the right frequency for each case.

MoniTao allows intervals from 1 to 60 minutes. Use this flexibility to optimize your monitoring.

Factors to Consider

Questions to determine frequency:

Service criticality: A payment service needs faster detection than a blog.
Financial impact: How much does each minute of downtime cost? The more expensive, the more frequent the check.
Usage frequency: A 24/7 service needs more vigilance than an occasionally used service.
Reaction capacity: No point detecting in 1 minute if you can only react in 30 minutes.

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Rarely. MoniTao checks are lightweight. But if your service is sensitive, don't overdo it.

Not directly, but you can have multiple monitors with different alerting rules.

At least 1 minute. Otherwise, you risk underestimating actual downtime.

Negligible impact. A simple HEAD request doesn't significantly load your server.

Recommended to avoid false positives. MoniTao automatically checks from multiple points.

Prioritize: high frequency for critical, standard for the rest. More efficient than monitoring everything intensively.

There's no universal frequency. What matters is adapting to each service's criticality and your reaction capacity.

MoniTao offers flexibility from 1 to 60 minutes per monitor. Start conservative and adjust based on experience.

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