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Pod Memory Usage: Tracking, Commands & Troubleshooting

Your containers are running, nd your clusters seem fine, but then you get that dreaded alert – memory pressure. Whether you're scaling up your infrastructure or just trying to keep things running smoothly, understanding pod memory usage isn't just nice to have – it's essential knowledge for any DevOps engineer worth their salt. Let's cut through the noise and get straight to what matters: practical ways to track, analyze, and fix memory issues in your Kubernetes pods.

Unlock the Secret to IT Efficiency: How Proactive Maintenance Saves You Time, Money, and Headaches

In today's fast-paced business environment, the role of IT has never been more critical. Whether it's keeping your systems secure, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, or enabling innovative solutions, technology underpins almost every aspect of business performance. However, as essential as IT is, it's also susceptible to breakdowns, inefficiencies, and unexpected challenges. These issues can disrupt operations, drain resources, and lead to expensive downtimes.

Best 6 AWS EC2 Alternatives for DevOps Teams in 2025

Looking for AWS EC2 alternatives? While EC2 is a popular choice for cloud computing, many DevOps teams are exploring options that better suit their needs, budget, or technical requirements. This guide breaks down the top alternatives, focusing on what matters most—features, performance, pricing, and real-world use cases. We’ll cover the technical details, performance benchmarks, and key considerations to help you make the right choice.

Simple Talks Podcast | S2, Episode 6 - Redgate Advocates: Their Origin Stories

The Redgate Advocates (Kellyn Gorman, Ryan Booz, Steve Jones, and Grant Fritchey) sat down at the PASS Summit last year and spent some time telling how they went from working directly in tech, to helping others work with tech - both inside and outside of Redgate and their products. Connect with the hosts.

SharePoint Analytics

Managing SharePoint storage can be a complex task, especially as your organization’s data continues to grow. Keeping track of how much space each site or user is consuming, identifying trends, and ensuring your storage stays within allocated limits are crucial for effective SharePoint management. This is where SharePoint analytics tools can make a significant difference, and SharePoint Storage Explorer stands out as an essential free tool to simplify the process.

Reducing alert fatigue in incident management

Picture this scenario: It's 2 AM. Your phone starts ringing. There's an incident in staging. You grumble, wake up, check your notifications, only to realize it does not require your immediate attention. After twenty minutes of lost sleep, you're back to bed, only for the cycle to repeat itself a few days later. Sound familiar? For many SREs and on-call engineers, incidents and alerts are unavoidable realities.

How Port helps supercharge incident.io workflows

Great incident response starts with structure, speed, and the right context. At incident.io, we make it easy for teams to declare incidents, follow battle-tested workflows, and communicate clearly from the moment something breaks to the moment it's fixed. But resolving incidents isn’t just about what happens in the heat of the moment: it’s about having the right metadata and service information at your fingertips. That’s where Port comes in.

How to master the SGA and PGA in Oracle databases

If you have a car or a motorcycle, you frequently tune it to have top-notch performance. Similarly, while using Oracle Database, you need to manage memory effectively. When you get it right, everything runs smoothly; when you get it wrong, you face slow queries and frustrated users. As we are talking about Oracle databases here, you are probably aware of the system global area (SGA) and program global area (PGA) in Oracle, which play a crucial role in database memory management.

The Future of AI Consumption with Chris Sharp, CTO of Digital Realty | Uplink Podcast | Episode 1

What powers the AI revolution? Digital Realty CTO Chris Sharp joins us to explore the evolution of data centers—from invisible infrastructure to the epicenter of next-gen compute. How did data centers transform from invisible infrastructure to the epicenter of the AI revolution? In this fascinating conversation with Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer at Digital Realty, we explore the remarkable evolution of digital infrastructure over the past two decades.