Uptime can be described as the time of a system running without any reboot or powered off. For most geeks, maintaining a system uptime to its highest is a satisfaction. The Tugs Uptime Project will allows you to compete for the highest system uptime with others.

To participate in Tugs Uptime Project, you will need to be a member of the site. Registration is free. Then, download the client so that the client can update the server with your latest uptime status. The client is open source, and official client is available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X. The rules are very simple:

“Rules are so simple. To participate just create an account. Number of machine is not limited, one login, many machine. You have just to install Client on machine and configure it with your login and password. The machine will automatically be recorded.

A machine which does not send uptime during more than 4 days will be identified as "inactive" (by the sign " PowerOff "). A new transmission will make it active again. At the end of 30 days of no connection, machine's uptime will be fixed to zero and machine will be pushed at the end of toplist...”

If you are using paid web hosting services, having your site uptime to the maximum is a must. Most of the web hosting companies claimed that they can provide a 99.9% guaranteed uptime. While most of them are trying to provide the best uptime your their customers, there are some web hosting companies that failed to provide the guaranteed uptime to their customers. Here are some external free services that you can use to monitor your site’s server network uptime.

1. basicstate.com