Hi Jeff,

I encounter the heartbeat issue using Hostgator. I a bit panic when they temporary suspended my account. After I receive their email and look a way to solve my problem with them. I didn't know that this really a big problem of heartbeat control. My CPU hosting was down and one of the reason was the heartbeat according to the Hostgator support. Currently, I'm still waiting for there feedback.

btw, thankyou very much for sharing this post. I found a very useful reference to solve my problem.