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5 steps to start saving on your observability bill with Grafana Cloud Adaptive Metrics

In the observability space, it seems like everyone is talking about how to reduce costs and control the explosion of Prometheus metrics. It’s no wonder — our recent analysis of user environments suggests 20% to 50% of metrics generated are never used, but users are still stuck paying for them.

A Guide to Installing the JFrog Platform on Amazon EKS

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service — or Amazon EKS — is a managed service that enables you to run Kubernetes on AWS without having to manage your own Kubernetes clusters. The JFrog Platform is available on AWS, making it super simple to deploy applications reliably and predictably, scale them quickly, roll out new features easily, and make the most of hardware resources.

SolarWinds Day: Secure By Design (6/28/23)

Join us for this SolarWinds Day: Secure by Design virtual event as we explore the importance of public/private partnerships to secure our common cyberinfrastructure. Hosted by SolarWinds CISO and VP of Security Tim Brown, this event includes a bipartisan panel of government leaders discussing the United States National Cybersecurity Strategy, its related frameworks, and the nature of today’s cyber risks.

Understanding Battery Performance of IoT Devices

I’ve been a firmware engineer at two wearable companies in the past, Pebble and Fitbit, and there was always one class of customer support tickets and user complaints that never went away: issues around battery life. It was a constant game of whack-a-mole with every new firmware version introducing a battery regression.

How MetricFire Can Help Monitor IoT Devices Using Telegraf and Mosquito

The growing popularity of IoT devices has revolutionized the way we interact with technology. From smart homes to industrial automation, these devices have become an integral part of our lives. However, managing and monitoring a large fleet of IoT devices can be a daunting task. With the sheer volume of data being generated by these devices, it becomes crucial to have a robust monitoring system in place.

Collectd Plugins

Collectd is a data collection software that allows you to fetch metrics from a machine being monitored locally and push them to Graphite. Everything is done by plugins. The collectd plugins can collect metrics on CPU, memory, Postgres, JVM, and many more metrics. Plugins can also be used to push these metrics to Graphite, aggregate data, send alerts, and send notifications to email.