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Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Licensing

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, also called NPM, is a comprehensive network monitoring tool that displays real-time and historical health, availability, and performance statistics from SNMP-, API-, or WMI-enabled devices, such as routers, switches, firewalls, and servers. NPM is licensed based on the largest number of monitored elements - nodes, interfaces, or volumes - so you can choose the license size that best fits your environment and monitoring needs.

Key Kubernetes Concepts

Cloud computing, containerization, and container orchestration are the most important trends in DevOps. Whether you’re a data scientist, software developer, or product manager, it’s good to know Docker and Kubernetes basics. Both technologies help you collaborate with others, deploy your projects, and increase your value to employers. In this article, we’ll cover essential Kubernetes concepts. There are a lot of Kubernetes terms, which can make it intimidating.

Kubernetes vs Docker: How to Choose

If you’re thinking about using containers to manage an application, there are a lot of options for technologies to use. It can be difficult to even know where to begin to make a decision. One common question is whether someone should use Docker vs Kubernetes for managing their application containers. This is a misleading question. In truth, Docker and Kubernetes aren’t competing technologies. There’s no need for them to face off.