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Tech Talk #10 Building a VictoriaMetrics PaaS: Setting up Metrics, Logs, and Traces

From Blueprint to Reality This episode is designed to be a practical, step-by-step guide. We will show you how to leverage the VictoriaMetrics Kubernetes Stack—our "easier button"—to simplify the deployment process and get your components running quickly.

From SNMP to Modern Telemetry: A network Monitoring Journey

Simple Network Management Protocol (#SNMP) has been a backbone for network management since the 1980s. While it’s still useful for remotely devices, it’s showing its age. This Short takes you through the evolution of SNMP and shows how newer, more efficient methods for collecting network data are changing the game. Learn how to move beyond older protocols and better monitor and manage your modern network environment.

Monitoring Encrypted Network Traffic

How do you spy on a secret message? That's the challenge for network monitoring tools like Suricata today. Encryption is essential for privacy, but it creates massive blind spots for security. Dive into the modern-day cat-and-mouse game of monitoring encrypted traffic. How do you deal with security blind spots in your network?

What's New in VictoriaMetrics Cloud Q3 2025? From new region in Asia to proactive alerts

The third quarter of 2025 has been a busy one for VictoriaMetrics Cloud! We expanded globally, polished the user experience, introduced new enterprise debugging tools, and delivered smarter alerts to help users make the most of their observability data. If you missed our Quarterly Live Update, don’t worry! You can watch the full recording here: Let’s recap what’s new in VictoriaMetrics Cloud this quarter.

How DreamHost Slashed Memory Usage by 80% and Scaled to 76 Million Time Series

For any growing business, there comes a point where the tools that once worked perfectly begin to show their limits. This is especially true for monitoring infrastructure. As your user base, services, and data volumes expand, the pressure on your monitoring stack intensifies. For web hosting leader DreamHost, with over 1.5 million websites to manage, their existing open-source solutions simply couldn’t keep up.

Understanding NetFlow: The Key to Network Insights

Is your network data CRASHING your database? NetFlow offers incredible insights, but there's a hidden catch: cardinality explosion. Collecting every IP address can overload time-series databases (even VictoriaMetrics!), killing performance. Watch to learn how to tame the data beast! What's the worst 'cardinality explosion' you've ever witnessed?

The Importance of Community Knowledge in Tech

Tools alone aren’t enough. How you use them and the expertise you tap into make all the difference. In this Short, we explore why even the best tools need the proper guidance to unlock their full potential. Open-source communities are goldmines of knowledge and support Connecting with experts can save you serious time and headaches While enterprise support is valuable, the community often has your back. Get practical tips to get the most out of your tools, and remember: it’s not just what you use; it’s how you connect, learn, and grow along the way.