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Custom Preferences in Sematext

Sematext Cloud is a monitoring and log analysis platform that provides tools for monitoring and analyzing the performance and logs of your infrastructure, applications, and services. Custom preferences allow you to customize your UI in the Sematext Cloud. Customize the Default color scheme for your charts and graphs in reports, Change between 12 and 24-hour formats, and change from the light theme to the dark theme. (One of the most requested features from our users)

I/O Wait Time: A Guide to Improving Linux Performance

I/O wait is a plaguing issue in Linux. Speaking in layman terms, I/O wait is the time taken by the processor (here, CPU) to complete an input service request. Ideally, our CPU doesn't seem to do any work when it is processing one input request at a time, thus the duration between your input and the output provided by the system can be treated as the I/O wait time.

3 Easy Ways to Get Started With Distributed Tracing

Not to put too fine a point on it, but we think distributed tracing gets a very bad rap for being too complicated and labor-intensive. We’re here to show you three ways you can jumpstart a distributed tracing effort, starting small and expanding as it makes sense. These examples involve only a little code and perhaps a bit of a mindset change. Starting small with distributed tracing can even be fun, because who doesn’t like getting customized results without much work?

10 Alternatives to SEO Site Checkup (Free SEO Analyzers)

In this blog post, we address different websites that will provide all the benefits that were provided by SEO Site Checkup to you with a single click. One of the best free SEO tools, SEO Site Checkup, is no longer offering free website analysis. Isn’t it bad news? But don’t be worried, as there are 10 good alternatives where you can run analysis without paying or even registering. Let’s dive into the detail.

Azure Managed Grafana users can now upgrade to Grafana Enterprise

In November 2021, we announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to develop a Microsoft Azure managed service that lets customers run Grafana natively within their Azure cloud platform. Azure Managed Grafana, which became generally available in August 2022, makes it simple for Azure customers to deploy secure and scalable Grafana instances and connect to open source, cloud, and third-party data sources for visualization and analysis.

Why You Need an Integrated APM to Monitor Operating Costs

Application performance monitoring (APM) solutions are essential for any business looking to manage its operations efficiently. By providing real-time insights into the performance of your applications, APM solutions can help you quickly identify areas that need improvement and prevent costly mistakes from occurring in the future. But with so many different types of APM solutions on the market today, how do you know which one is right for your company?

Docker Monitoring Tutorial - How to Monitor Docker with Telegraf and InfluxDB

This article was priginally published on the CNF blog and is written by Cameron Pavey. Scroll down for the author’s bio. Docker is an increasingly popular choice for businesses dealing with containerized applications. However, as with any new technology, Docker introduces complexities that need to be managed. Some of these complexities relate to infrastructure and application monitoring.

JPG Vs. PNG | Which File Format Is Best for Better Speed of Websites?

There are dozens of formats available to prepare pictures for marketing and business purposes in the digital world. However, the primarily used ones are JPG and PNG, especially for websites. People usually prefer these two formats in their image production because the image quality is not compromised in both these types. However, specifying one as the best among these two is challenging. There are certain extraordinary features that both formats possess. Therefore, you can only term some as the best ones.

Introducing easy custom event monitoring for serverless applications.

Today we are excited to announce scheduled searches – a new feature on Dashbird that allows you to track any log event across your stack, turn it into time-series metric and also configure alert notifications based on it. This has been one of the most requested features across our users and we are thrilled to make it available for all users starting today.

The "New Last Mile" of the Office Network

The office network has been in a near-constant state of evolution since dumb terminals and token rings. MPLS unlocked the ability to connect LANs. VPNs allowed end-users to work remotely while still being behind the firewall. Wi-Fi made intra-office travel easy and lessened reliance on extensive cabling. The WAN is slowly giving way to SD-WAN. New software and cloud-based networking componentry are allowing vendors to reimagine firewalls and routing.