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[PromCon Recap] A Look at TSDB, One Year In

This is a writeup of the talk I gave at PromCon 2019. TSDB is the storage engine of Prometheus 2.x. Based on the Gorilla compression, it started out in an independent repo, which eventually attracted 60+ contributors and 771 stars. There were 500+ commits after the Prometheus 2.0 release. The repo was archived in August 2019, and now it’s a part of the Prometheus repo, inside the tsdb directory. Here are some highlights of the development over the past year.

How to Troubleshoot Poor Session Performance within your Citrix or VMware Horizon Environments

When end-user experience is plagued by poor performing Citrix or VMware Horizon environments IT needs to move fast to resolve. Or better yet, head off the issue before it ever becomes a problem for end-users. But how? Hint: you need end-to-end visibility for faster troubleshooting.

Migration Path to Linux Container Orchestration Keynote Sizzle - Ubuntu Masters

Roblox moved its game servers from Windows to Linux to reduce costs and create a better player experience, including the migration to containerised workloads. Rob Cameron, Technical Director for Cloud Services at Roblox, gives an overview of his keynote discussion from Ubuntu Masters.

Mattermost Incident Response Workflows App - now in alpha

A look at Mattermost’s upcoming Incident Response Workflows app, now in private alpha. The app is designed specifically for incident response and enables teams to connect all your workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and collaborate on incidents—all without leaving Mattermost.