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Easiest Way to Monitor Loki Performance With Telegraf
Loki is a powerful, scalable log aggregation system designed by Grafana to efficiently collect, store, and query logs. It’s often deployed alongside Prometheus as part of modern observability stacks. Loki’s design emphasizes cost-effective storage by indexing only metadata, which makes it a great choice for high-volume environments. But while Loki excels at log ingestion and indexing, many teams overlook the critical task of monitoring Loki itself.
IT Monitoring News | May '25 Edition
Welcome to the May edition of the NiCE bi-monthly monitoring news! As we move further into the year, we’re here with a fresh roundup of updates, insights, and resources from the world of IT monitoring. Whether you’re looking to stay informed, fine-tune your tools, or catch up on what’s new, this edition has you covered. Enjoy the read!
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How to decide between cloud and on-premise monitoring
Application performance monitoring systems tend to be available in two modes: on-premise and cloud-based SaaS. Which is the "right" choice? Well, it depends on your situation, but overall cloud-based SaaS offerings have significant benefits when compared to on-premise. However, it's not always so simple. The right selection depends on the facts on the ground. Using my experience working for a large-scale cloud solutions department, I've put together some key things you'll want to consider before you make a decision, starting with some benefits and challenges.
Maintaining Effective IT Infrastructure Monitoring in the Public Sector
Public sector organizations have needs very different from their commercial counterparts. Cybercriminals go after public sector organizations because they hold confidential, often classified, information—the exact data state-sponsored and other criminal groups salivate over. Based on tax payments, these organizations serve and answer to the public. Progress WhatsUp Gold offers ample out-of-the box monitoring features, helping you monitor more of what matters to your organization.
Visualizing Session Flow With Honeycomb
I want to know what users are doing in my application. A distributed trace is the best way to show the data flow of one user interaction through my application, but it isn’t sufficient to show the overall user experience.
SQL Server Observability: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices
For DevOps teams managing mission-critical databases, SQL Server observability is a fundamental capability that provides comprehensive insight into database performance and health. Effective observability practices enable teams to identify potential issues before they impact end users and provide the context necessary to resolve problems efficiently. SQL Server observability involves collecting and analyzing metrics, logs, and traces to build a complete picture of database behavior.
The Definitive Guide to OpenTelemetry Exporters for High-Performance Monitoring
In modern distributed architectures, observability has shifted from optional to necessary. OpenTelemetry has emerged as the standard framework for telemetry data collection, with exporters serving as the critical bridge to your backend monitoring systems. For developers at any stage—those new to observability practices or those refining existing monitoring setups—a solid grasp of OpenTelemetry exporters will significantly reduce debugging time and improve system visibility.
Prometheus native histograms in Grafana Cloud
In this demo video, Gyorgy Krajcsovits, Senior Software Engineer at Grafana Labs, shows you how to use Prometheus native histograms in Grafana.