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EP2: The Unsustainable Truth: Data Centers' Dirty Little Secret w/ Dean Nelson

In this episode of Hyper Views, we're delighted to have Dean Nelson, the founder and chairman of the Infrastructure Masons, joining us. We dive into the world of data centers, specifically focusing on power capacity effectiveness (PCE) as a key metric. We highlight the significance of measuring PCE and its impact on sustainability reporting, while aligning sustainability goals with economic performance objectives. And of course, we provide some valuable insights and advice for executives and operators on optimizing PCE and power usage effectiveness (PUE) in data centers.

Browser Profiling Learnings from Sentry.io

Since enabling browser profiling on our Sentry.io dashboard a month ago, we have collected over 2M profiles and learned a lot about how our users experience our dashboard. The profiles collected gave us insight into how our dashboard performs in production and surfaced some issues causing UI jank. In this post, we will look at an example of an issue we discovered using Profiling.

Building a Secure OpenTelemetry Collector

The OpenTelemetry Collector is a core part of telemetry pipelines, which makes it one of the parts of your infrastructure that must be as secure as possible. The general advice from the OpenTelemetry teams is to build a custom Collector executable instead of using the supplied ones when you’re using it in a production scenario. However, that isn’t an easy task, and that prompted me to build something.

Monitor Amazon EC2: key metrics for instances, regions, and more in one view

Amazon EC2 was one of the first services available on AWS, helping propel the cloud platform into the mainstream of IT. And while EC2 instances come in a wide range of sizes and flavors to address all sorts of use cases, keeping tabs on those instances isn’t always easy. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our new EC2 monitoring solution in Grafana Cloud.

DX UIM 23.4 Sets a New Standard for Infrastructure Observability

DX Unified Infrastructure Management 23.4 (DX UIM 23.4) is now available. DX UIM 23.4 is the latest version of our cornerstone, full-stack infrastructure observability solution for hybrid cloud and traditional data center environments. DX UIM is a key component of AIOps by Broadcom, a suite of solutions that leverage best-of-breed domain monitoring tools and advanced analytics to deliver actionable insights and enable intelligent automation across the IT operations stack.

Effective strategies for managing cron jobs: Best practices and tools

Cron jobs are essential for automating repetitive tasks and streamlining website and application management. Properly managing cron jobs is crucial for maintaining system efficiency and minimizing risks. In this article, we will explore the significance of cron jobs in tech environments, delve into common challenges in their management, and introduce advanced monitoring solutions like WebGazer. We will also provide best practices to ensure efficient and secure cron job management.