Monitor uptime and availability of an FTP server and verify the availability of a specific directory or files.
Supports SSL and SSH encryption. Monitor availability of an FTP server and verify the availability of a specific directory or files.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the standard network protocol used to transfer files between a client and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the standard network protocol used to transfer files between a client and server. Monitoring your FTP servers ensures they are always online and available to your users.
SSH File Transfer Protocol, or SFTP, is network protocol that shares some similarities to FTP, but utilizes SSH (Secure Shell protocol) to encrypt both commands and data, which FTP doesn’t use. This ensures that sensitive information cannot be transmitted openly over the network.
FTP/SSL, also referred to as FTPS, or FTP Secure, is an extension of FTP that adds support for the Transport Layer Security, TLS, and the Secure Sockets layer, SSL, protocols. Monitoring for this protocol requires a valid SSL/TLS certificate.
Manage your organization’s usage through one single master account by splitting resources across different departments.
Manage your organization’s usage through one single master account by splitting resources across different departments.
Manage access to the Dotcom-Monitor platform using your internal Active Directory structure.
Allow account access to other users or departments from across your organization, with varying permission levels.
Monitor traffic SFTP traffic using performance parameters like file transfer rate, upload, and download speed transaction rates.
FTP downtime alerts are a critical part of managing an FTP system. Get notified about alerts and slowdowns across your entire server via phone call, SMS, or email notifications.
Get instant insight into various FTP performance-related KPIs and service protocols in easy-to-read graphs and charts, allowing you to instantly troubleshoot the root cause of FTP problems.
FTP monitoring is a type of file transfer protocol monitoring that is performed to verify constant and continuous availability and responsiveness of FTP servers and systems. The main purpose of an FTP monitoring tool is to track file changes in real-time, along with various connection time metrics and statistics.
FTP monitoring is a critical part of ensuring that various servers and files that businesses depend on are performing correctly. By proactively monitoring the number of issues and server anomalies, businesses can reduce the number of errors in their file systems and improve key metrics that influence web and server performance. FTP monitoring also reduces downtime and helps troubleshoot related issues using Dotcom-Monitor’s patented alerting system.
Dotcom-Monitor’s proprietary applications test the availability of various FTP services in your system by moving files across servers and using metrics like file transfer rate, response time, transaction rate, TCP handshake time, and other data to paint a picture of your system’s overall performance. With Dotcom-Monitor, you don’t have to worry about the small details—simply configure your tests and let the data pour in. From there, you can analyze the data and optimize your system. And of course, Dotcom-Monitor support is here to help if you need any assistance with your FTP monitoring task configuration or have other questions.
FTP server monitoring is a complex process that works by downloading and uploading files across your network/server and tracking the metrics mentioned above associated with these uploads and downloads. If your FTP server is unavailable, Dotcom-Monitor’s system records this data and notifies you so that you can take action and remedy the root cause.
Most FTP Monitoring solutions (Dotcom-Monitor’s included) monitor FTP traffic—and without the ability to monitoring traffic, you can’t gather the data necessary to understand the health of an FTP system. So, yes, you should be monitoring FTP traffic. You should also be using an FTP monitoring tool that provides you with alerts so you know when there’s an issue with your FTP server or file system. Dotcom-Monitor’s FTP alerting system provides you with real-time SMS, phone, and email alerting so you can know instantly when issues occur.
While there are a variety of free FTP monitoring tools available for the public to use (most of which are open source), generally speaking, they are far inferior to paid solutions like Dotcom-Monitor. Free tools only allow one-off testing, and don’t provide the same type of robust, real-time alerting needed to manage FTP issues at the enterprise level. If you’re a small to large company looking for the best, most proactive and vigilant FTP monitoring tool, look no further than Dotcom-Monitor. Also—Dotcom-Monitor offers a free trial with all new accounts, so you have the opportunity to try our FTP monitoring service before committing to any type of purchase.
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