OmniGrid is a free grid, one of the great components from MooTools that has advanced features.
Besides client-side sorting, with a serverside script (PHP), it connects to the data & can easily sort/paginate an unlimited number of records.
Columns can be resized, multiple records can be selected, the look can be customized & more.
PhpWatch is a free PHP uptime monitoring script that can watch unlimited number of websites and send notifications via e-mail or SMS (for US phones).
PhpWatch complete with an Ajaxed interface, new monitors & notifications can be easily configured. And, once the cron job / scheduled task -that pings the servers in desired time intervals- is set, the script is awesome and ready to go.
phpWatch also offering an API which lets other applications to query the monitored services, get the statistics and use the notification system for sending SMS and e-mail alerts.