Isn't the real problem that he only has 1 sys-admin for his servers (as far as I can tell)? I mean he can have as many SSH Buddies as he wants but if the alert

Isn't the real problem that he only has 1 sys-admin for his servers (as far as I can tell)? I mean he can have as many SSH Buddies as he wants but if the alert comes in when he is asleep or drunk or whatever it's pointless. Maybe the alert goes to multiple buddies who have the tech skills to handle it ... maybe he could be their SSH Buddy in return? In other words, rather than a SSH-Buddy, have a pool of server sysadmin friends for emergencies. ps. If the original poster is reading this, I would have posted this on your blog but I didn't have other account passwords to hand ... if your moderating all comments anyway, why not allow anonymous comments?