Various Protocols
Web server monitoring service can check HTTP pages, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, DNS, SSH, Telnet, SSL, TCP, PING and a range of other protocols with great variety of check intervals from every 4 hours to every one minute. Typically, most website monitoring services test a server anywhere between once-per hour to once-per-minute.
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