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What Are Network Protocols? IP, TCP, UDP, DNS
What network protocols are, why they matter, and a quick tour of the most important ones — IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, SMTP, FTP, and more.
Mar 7, 20246 min read
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What Is Redis Monitoring? Key Metrics & Tools
What Redis monitoring is, why an in-memory data store needs different metrics than a disk database, and the signals that catch latency and eviction issues.
Mar 6, 20247 min read
Product & Announcements
Microsoft Azure Monitoring - Marketplace
Monitor your Microsoft Azure VMs with Xitoring direct from the Azure Marketplace — automatic service discovery, performance metrics, and uptime alerts.
Mar 4, 20244 min read
Product & Announcements
Xitoring latest features on February
Xitoring v2.19 and v2.20 highlights: new Microsoft IIS and PostgreSQL integrations for Xitogent, plus dashboard and alerting improvements.
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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What Is DNS Monitoring? Why It Matters
What DNS monitoring is, how it works, why DNS outages take down everything else, and the signals you should track to keep resolution fast and reliable.
Mar 1, 20246 min read
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What Is Ping Monitoring? ICMP Checks Explained
What ping monitoring is, how ICMP echo checks measure host availability and latency, and why it's still the simplest, fastest signal that something is wrong.
Feb 29, 20245 min read
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What Is Synthetic Monitoring? A Complete Guide
Synthetic monitoring runs scripted checks against your services on a schedule, catching failures before customers do. Here's what it covers, the main types, and how to set it up.
Feb 26, 20245 min read
Educational
Understanding the Importance of SSL Certificates
Why SSL certificates matter: how they protect data in transit, win user trust, boost SEO, and which best practices keep your HTTPS deployment rock-solid.
Feb 13, 20246 min read
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Understanding Uptime and Downtime
A clear explanation of uptime vs downtime: how each is measured, what's considered acceptable, and the practical steps that keep your services online.
Feb 9, 20244 min read
Product & Announcements
Monitor your Arm VMs with Xitoring
Xitogent now fully supports ARM architectures — monitor your AWS Graviton, Azure ARM, and Raspberry Pi-class workloads with the same agent and dashboards.
Jan 4, 20243 min read
Product & Announcements
5 New Probing Nodes: Global Uptime Coverage
Xitoring expanded its monitoring network with five new probing nodes — Frankfurt, Tokyo, São Paulo, Iowa, and Texas — for faster, more global checks.
Jan 2, 20243 min read
Product & Announcements
Introducing SSL Monitoring on Xitoring
Xitoring's SSL monitoring tracks every certificate's expiry and validity in real time, so you never get blindsided by an expired cert or broken HTTPS again.
Dec 25, 20232 min read