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Captain's Log: Diving into our scheduling design

On-call scheduling is tricky. Like, really tricky. It was one of the scariest parts when we decided to build a modern alerting system earlier this year. We knew we couldn't cut any corners on Day One of our release because it needed to be a fully loaded feature for someone to realistically use our product (and replace an incumbent). This meant including windowed restrictions, coverage requests, and simple to complex rotations.

Edge storage with MicroCeph

Data is everywhere, not just in large centralised data centres, but in smaller outposts, like retail outlets, remote or branch offices, filming locations and even cars. Use cases for edge storage include local processing, content collaboration that cannot take place with high network latency, and for ingest – where locally created content is captured, protected and then made available to other systems.

Announcing HAProxy 2.9

HAProxy 2.9 further extends HAProxy's performance, flexibility, and observability. This release came together through the efforts of all the community members who got involved. A release like this requires feature requests, bug reports, forum discussions, code submissions, QA tests, and documentation! In other words, this project is fueled by people like you! If you're interested in joining this vibrant community, it can be found on GitHub, Slack, Discourse, and the HAProxy mailing list.

Stop observing, start automating: RedHat and LogicMonitor pioneer the next gen of Event-Driven Ansible

LogicMonitor has long been synonymous with observation — a platform that keenly watches over IT environments, alerting teams to potential issues. However, the age-old challenge remained: how to seamlessly transition from observation to action. Enter the LogicMonitor event-driven ansible integration with RedHat. What sets this solution apart is the fact our teams worked together to build it.

Build Your Own DBaaS with Peter Szczepaniak: Open Source & Customizable - Navigate Europe 23

Join Peter Szczepaniak, a senior product manager at Percona, as he delves into the world of Database as a Service (DBaaS), discussing the crucial differences between public and private DBaaS, and their respective challenges and benefits. This talk offers insights from a product manager's perspective. Learn about scalability, user-friendliness, security, and customization in DBaaS, and get inspired by Civo's journey in implementing their own DBaaS.

Things to Keep in Mind when Building Internal Developer Portal by Port - KubeCon NA 23 - Civo TV

Join Zohar Einy in this Civo TV interview from KubeCon NA 23, where we dive into the best practices for building an internal developer portal. Discover the importance of treating developers as customers, identifying their pain points, and involving them in the development process.

Datadog on Kubernetes Node Management #datadog #kubernetes #observability #infrastructure #shorts

Datadog, the observability platform used by thousands of companies, runs on dozens of self-managed Kubernetes clusters in a multi-#cloud environment, adding up to tens of thousands of nodes, or hundreds of thousands of pods. This infrastructure is used by a wide variety of engineering teams at Datadog, with different feature and capacity needs.