Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

We release VictoriaMetrics several times a month, including at least one major update. However, because these new releases often introduce new features, they may be less stable. That’s why we also regularly publish Long-term support releases (LTS) alongside our regular releases. These LTS versions focus exclusively on bug fixes without new features and performance improvements. We committed to publishing LTS versions every six months and supporting them for one year.

The story of how we simplified database system monitoring for generalists while making it flexible enough for specialists.

The all-new Galileo SMARTboards open the possibility of creating your own personalized decision boards with unprecedented control and flexibility to make the best strategic and tactical decisions for your organization. Now, that’s SMART.

The cloud has revolutionized the possibilities of managing IT infrastructure. However, not all organizations are ready to make the move to the cloud. In this blog, we will discuss why on-premises infrastructure management solutions are still relevant in the cloud age.

On a recent thread on the CNCF Slack’s OTel Collector channel, a user asked a question that shone a light on a topic I don't think has been effectively discussed elsewhere.

Digital Employee Experience is vital to attract and keep the best employees. A solid DEX strategy also increases employee productivity and motivation, a selling point for business leadership across the board. Yet, IT teams have less and less ability to control the factors that make up the digital employee experience. Although IT still own the devices, most of the network and applications are managed by third-party vendors.

Pandora FMS is an excellent monitoring system that helps collect data, detect anomalies, and monitor devices, infrastructures, applications, and business processes. However, more than monitoring alone is needed to manage the entire incident lifecycle. ilert complements Pandora FMS by adding alerting and incident management capabilities. While Pandora FMS detects anomalies, ilert ensures that the right people are notified and can take action quickly.

As software engineers, we all know that troubleshooting often involves sifting through heaps of data points — scanning metrics, reading logs, checking resource status and analyzing events. We manually connect the dots, and if we're experienced enough, we might spot an issue that's about to become a problem. At StackState, we've faced these same challenges.