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What you should know about Datadog Flex Logs

Late last year, Datadog announced something called Flex Logs, a “more affordable” warm storage tier for log data. Designed for high-volume datasets that are infrequently queried and don't require real-time analysis, the Flex Tier offers Datadog Log Management customers a third option for data storage.

Developer Self-Service: Overview & Best Practices

According to the 2024 State of Production Readiness report, 54% of engineering leaders said poor production readiness standards contributed to a decrease in developer productivity. But how? If software falls out of alignment with best practice—including those designed to maintain the health, observability, and security of software—developers wind up spending more time finding information and fixing issues than building new value.

Optimize the performance of your Oracle databases with ITUnified's offering in the Datadog Marketplace

Many organizations use Oracle databases for their ability to be deployed anywhere, embedded security features, robust data analysis capabilities, and scalability. But manually managing Oracle databases can be impractical, requiring constant attention to optimize performance.

eBPF Linux Command Line Tools

eBPF is a powerful technology used by many observability solutions, including Coroot. While web-based observability tools like Coroot are invaluable, there’s a specific class of eBPF tools that often go overlooked (besides Brendan Gregg of course): eBPF Linux Command Line Tools. These tools are essential for diving deep into complex performance issues. But first – why would you need those at all if you have convenient observability focused web applications?

runqlat and runqslower - eBPF command line tools

In this blog post we will look at runqlat and runqslower commands. They are available in both BCC and bpftrace tool collections. One of the core functions of Linux operating system is to schedule processes across available CPUs. When service gets a request, Linux typically will need to schedule the process, processing that request to run on one of CPUs. This might be very quick process if idle CPU is available or it can take significant time, if all CPUs are currently busy running different processes.

gethostlatency - eBPF Command Line Tools

In this blog post we will look at gethostlatency command. It is available in both BCC and bpftrace tool collections. Most applications and services use hostnames, rather than IP addresses to communicate with other services. This means before connection to the service can be established, another request needs to be made – to DNS (Domain Name System). As such its performance and availability impacts performance of virtually all services in your environment, yet it is often ignored.

Boosting Productivity: How Primary Care Physicians Improve Workforce Well-being

Today's intense business environment has been pushing organizations to find ways to increase efficiencies and satisfy employee health. While improving mental health support has been a key focus, less attention has been given to how primary care physicians (PCPs) can support workforce well-being. For that reason, more employers integrate primary care services into their corporate wellness programs to prevent the progression of chronic diseases while enhancing employees' mental health and, consequently, their productivity.