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In this guide, I will deploy a Healthchecks instance on a VPS. Here’s the plan.

You’ve probably heard plenty of horror stories of unplanned website downtime wreaking havoc on businesses and costing companies thousands or even millions in lost revenue. So if you’re worried, we can’t blame you! Website downtime is usually a nightmare for any company relying on having a steady online presence. But not all downtime is bad. Scheduled, well-timed downtime can be a game-changer in keeping your site running smoothly and ensuring customer satisfaction.

You probably have been hearing a lot about automation and artificial intelligence (AI) these days, with a vision of some kind of AI-driven world that will take all of our jobs away. The reality is that there’s always too much work to do. AI and automation are more likely to help people get their jobs done more efficiently rather than take them away. Basic automation can have large returns for the network – and improve the quality of work.

This article was originally published in The New Stack and is reposted here with permission. It’s tempting to stuff time series data into the familiar Postgres or MySQL database, but that’s a bad idea for many reasons. To the uninitiated or unfamiliar, time series data exhibits similar characteristics to relational data, but the two data types have some critical differences.

InfluxDB is a powerful tool for managing time-series data. It is widely used in industries such as IoT, finance, healthcare, and more. Using InfluxDB, you can query and store large amounts of data in real-time, making it easier to identify patterns, trends, and anomalies. InfluxDB dashboards provide a comprehensive overview of your system performance, metrics, and KPIs in real-time. You can customize these dashboards to meet your specific requirements.

Unlock the full potential of your cloud investment! Discover strategies to enhance performance and reduce costs. In the dynamic world of cloud computing, optimization isn't just about cost reduction. It involves a fine balance between managing costs and maximizing value while ensuring efficient resource allocation.

Embarking on a cloud migration journey? Grasp the obstacles and arm yourself with best practices for a smooth transition. Success lies in understanding, planning, and adapting. As we continue to advance further into the 21st century, businesses of all sizes are finding themselves in the midst of a digital revolution.

Network monitoring is a challenging job because networks continue to evolve to meet ever-changing client requirements. Businesses today heavily depend on their networks, and even a short outage can lead to penalties and lost profits. This is why your monitoring tool must also transform itself to not only scale as you grow but offer new features that address new challenges posed by the increasing usage demands placed on your network.

When we introduced Avantra Enterprise edition in 2021, we envisioned a world where we could interconnect enterprise observability, sophisticated workflows, and our advanced automation engine. By combining these three capabilities, we believed we could create a self-healing SAP environment which could identify problems and needs, route them to the right approver or expert, and automate problem resolution as well as complex project runbooks.

Oh Dear offers many checks to ensure your website is healthy. The most popular check that is active for almost every site we monitor is the uptime check. When the uptime check detects that your site is down, it will notify you via one of our many available channels. The check will also create a downtime period visible on the uptime check results page. Here's what those downtimes might look like.