If you’ve been working with Kafka long enough, you know its power when it comes to real-time data streaming. But, like any complex system, it comes with its own set of headaches—especially when it comes to partition rebalancing. One day your cluster is humming along, and the next, a rebalance kicks in, and suddenly you’re staring at a bunch of overloaded brokers and bottlenecked data flows.

Synthetic monitoring empowers developers to stay ahead of potential problems by simulating real user actions. This guide breaks down how it works, its benefits, and how you can use it to keep your web applications and APIs performing at their best.

The massive growth of observability data isn’t limited to just log data. Metrics are growing just as fast, or faster. Making matters worse, DevOps and Engineering teams aren’t just dealing with the increasing volume of metrics data causing a spike in egress, storage, and compute costs. Many tools also charge by the number of custom metrics they track.

david.arrowsmith • Oct 03, 2024 In today’s competitive and fast-paced retail environment, service availability is paramount to delivering exceptional customer experiences. As an ITOps Manager or Site Reliability Engineer in a large retail enterprise, you're tasked with managing complex, interdependent systems that support vital business functions such as supply chain operations, point-of-sale (POS) systems, and inventory management.

As more and more companies are moving their operations to the cloud, cost management becomes one of the significant concerns, and Azure cost allocation provides the solution for it. Due to the fact that more and more companies use Azure services, it has become crucial to define the correct Azure cost allocation and resource management.

The digital world is fast-paced, and both remote users and businesses rely heavily on stable Internet connections to stay connected, productive, and efficient. But what happens when your Internet connection becomes unreliable? Whether you're experiencing video call interruptions, slow loading times, or frequent disconnections, an unstable connection can cause chaos. So, why is your Internet connection unstable, and how can you fix it?

You’re checking out on an e-commerce site. You have a cart with several items and quantities, and you click the checkout button. Under the hood, the operation flow might look like this: But alas, if you’ve designed your e-commerce site like this, you have likely created an atomicity problem. Atomicity in the Repository Pattern occurs when multiple repositories execute their queries in one transaction. If one query fails, all of them fail and must be rolled back.

We’re excited to announce a new addition to StatusGator’s robust monitoring suite: Ping Monitoring. Along with service and website monitoring, you can now set up ping monitors to check the status of your network or other critical infrastructure. This new feature gives you more ways to ensure your systems are running smoothly by adding lightweight, real-time checks of systems that are not web-based.

Imagine the panic of a business owner who starts the day with a devastating realization: their entire database has been compromised, and the attackers demand a ransom that threatens the very survival of the business. Unfortunately, this isn’t just a nightmare what-if, it’s an all-too-common reality in today’s connected world.

Cribl is The Data Engine for Security and IT data, and integrations fuel our mission. Since day one, Cribl has been delivering new Stream integrations to meet customers where they are in their data management journey. No matter where customer data resides or needs to go, we want to be there for every customer. It’s your data, and Cribl was created to help you unlock it.