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We’ve been thinking a lot about synthesis lately. Netdata already samples every metric every second at the edge. Engineers told us the remaining pain point was synthesis, the ability to pull hours or days or months of high‑resolution time‑series into a concise explanation they could hand to a teammate (or use themselves to debug faster).

Server performance metrics help you figure out what’s going wrong, where your bottlenecks are, and how your system handles load. They give you the data to plan capacity, fix issues before they escalate, and build more reliable infrastructure. In this guide, we’ll go over the core metrics that matter, how to monitor them effectively, and the tools that can help along the way.

Have you ever considered how you can utilize artificial intelligence (AI) without sacrificing control over your data and autonomy? As we continue to navigate the changes of AI in the 21st century, it is important to understand how decentralized AI infrastructure can empower individuals and organizations to harness the potential of AI while maintaining sovereignty over their data and decision-making processes.

Over the last few years, more organizations have switched from relying solely on one cloud service provider (CSP) to several. The primary reasons for the change are minimizing dependence on a single CSP, preventing vendor lock-in, and providing greater flexibility. Recent trends include using a mix of cloud providers to take advantage of the cost savings several CSPs offer and using best-of-breed services for different applications, teams, or departments.

For years, IT teams have lived and died by the ticket. Every incident, every request, every change: logged, routed, triaged, assigned. We built entire platforms, teams, and workflows around this idea. But the IT environment has changed. Complexity is exploding. Expectations are rising. And the ticket? It’s become a bottleneck. If you’re in IT operations, you already feel this. The relentless volume. The alert fatigue. The rising MTTRs and missed SLAs. The pressure to do more with less.

Understand what APRA CPS 230 means for your organization, and how to get compliance-ready by the July 2025 deadline. If you work for an Australian business in the financial services industry, you’ve likely already heard of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). You may also have heard that a new set of APRA regulations, CPS 230, will become mandatory for all APRA-regulated companies to comply with as of 1 July 2025.

Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Entity Relationships, a powerful new capability that gives you more flexibility and control over the data model in your IDP. By allowing you to create custom relationships between entities in your catalog, you can model your internal developer portal to accurately reflect your own organization’s taxonomy, letting you better answer deep questions about your environments, releases, packages, and beyond.

Today marks an exciting milestone not just for Cortex, but for every organization looking to foster a culture of engineering excellence. Knowing who owns what is one of the hardest and most important challenges for engineering teams. Without clear ownership, incidents take longer to resolve, migrations stall, and enforcing standards becomes nearly impossible.