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How to Use Static Thresholds for Effective Alerts in Splunk Observability Cloud

Jan 16, 2025 By Splunk In Splunk
In this video, we explore the concept of static thresholds, which are a foundational tool in your observability alerting solution. You’ll learn: Additionally, we will demonstrate static thresholds in Splunk Observability Cloud. We’ll configure a static threshold for AWS EC2 memory utilization. We’ll also look at additional threshold settings like trigger sensitivity and duration. By the end of this video, you'll have the knowledge to effectively incorporate static thresholds into your observability strategy.
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uptrace

DataDog vs Prometheus [2025 comparison]

Jan 16, 2025 By Uptrace In Uptrace
DataDog and Prometheus are both popular monitoring solutions used to collect and analyze metrics and monitor the performance of systems, but Prometheus is open source and Datadog is proprietary. Datadog provides a unified platform for monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing modern cloud-native applications and infrastructure. Prometheus is the most popular tool for monitoring time series metrics. So, how to choose between Datadog and Prometheus?
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mezmo

How Telemetry Pipelines Save Your Budget

Jan 16, 2025 By Mezmo In Mezmo
This is an updated version of an earlier blog post to reflect current definitions of a telemetry pipeline and additional capabilities available in Mezmo Our recent blog post about observability pipelines highlighted how they centralize and enable telemetry data actionability. A key benefit of telemetry pipelines is users don't have to compare data sets manually or rely on batch processing to derive insights, which can be done directly while the data is in motion.
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coroot

Chaos testing a Postgres cluster managed by CloudNativePG

Jan 16, 2025 By Nikolay Sivko In Coroot
As more organizations move their databases to cloud-native environments, effectively managing and monitoring these systems becomes crucial. According to Coroot’s anonymous usage statistics, 64% of projects use PostgreSQL, making it the most popular RDBMS among our users, compared to 14% using MySQL. This is not surprising since it is also the most widely used open-source database worldwide.
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honeycomb

Implementing High-Cardinality Instrumentation in Frontend Apps

Jan 16, 2025 By Winston Hearn In Honeycomb
As the Product Manager for Honeycomb’s new frontend product, Honeycomb for Frontend Observability, I’ve had the joy this past year of speaking to dozens of frontend engineering teams about observability. Many frontend teams come from worlds where they either rely on QA and customer reports to identify issues in production, or they use real use monitoring (RUM) and error monitoring tools to catch the most egregious issues.
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site24x7

The importance of understanding and observing an application's middle-tier components

Jan 16, 2025 By Ramkumar Ramaswamy In Site24x7
Just like how the filling makes a sandwich, an application's performance is closely tied to how effectively its middle-tier components function. While the front-end is what users see and interact with (UI), and the back-end deals with data storage, the middle tier forms the vital core where the real magic happens—processing, logic implementation, and enforcement of business rules.
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datadog

Enrich your on-call experience with observability data at your fingertips by using Datadog On-Call

Jan 15, 2025 By Brianne Bujnowski In Datadog
The stress, sudden disruptions, and high stakes of resolving issues while on call is one of the most challenging aspects of an engineer’s job. Many organizations, from startups to large enterprises, still struggle with their on-call experience, which leads to longer resolution times and lower employee retention rates. Constant context switching, managing multiple tools, and racing against time to resolve issues can cause frustration, burnout, and inefficiency.
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