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Ryan Betts | INFLUXDB INTERNALS

Ryan will expand on his popular blog series and drill down into the internals of the database. Ryan will discuss optimizing query performance, best indexing schemes, how to manage clustering (including meta and data nodes), the impact of IFQL on the database, the impact of cardinality on performance, TSI, and other internals that will help you architect better solutions around InfluxDB.

Tom Wilkie | THE RED METHOD: HOW TO INSTRUMENT YOUR SERVICES

In this talk, Tom Wilkie will discuss patterns of application instrumentation, where and when they are applicable, and how they can be implemented with Prometheus. He’ll cover Google’s Four Golden Signals, the RED Method, the USE Method, and Dye Testing. He’ll also discuss why consistency is an important approach for reducing cognitive load. Finally, he’ll talk about the limitations of these approaches and what can be done to overcome them.

Rob Frohnapfel | TURNING CLOUD METRICS INTO RESULTS

You have discovered InfluxDB and now have a plethora of metrics at your fingertips. Next, you want to apply these metrics and generate impactful, tangible business results. But where do you start? This talk will describe how Comcast was able to apply our multi-tenant cloud metrics to identify huge opportunities, partner with the business, and drive outcomes that include reliable cloud performance and the return of real dollars to the business…not to mention happy customers!

How DigitalOcean does incident management with Statuspage

DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider with users and data centers around the world. The DigitalOcean customer support team works to ensure its community of users have the right information about service upgrades at all times. Learn how they manage downtime and incident communication with Statuspage.

How Dropbox uses Statuspage to keep users out of the dark

Dropbox is a cloud file hosting company with more than 500 million users. The Dropbox team puts a lot of work into making sure its services are up and available around the clock. At the same time, they recognize that occasional interruptions to service are inevitable and leaving users is not acceptable. The Dropbox team uses Statuspage to keep users informed about downtime and incident communication.