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In this article, we will explain what system performance metrics are and why you need to monitor them. Then we will look at Graphite and Grafana monitoring systems, which make it easy to collect, save and visualize metrics. Finally, we will consider why you should choose MetricFire to monitor your system’s metrics. If you would like to learn more about the benefits of MetricFire, book a demo with our experts or sign up for a free trial today.
Why this combination you ask? Load testing is my passion, and I am partial to Kubernetes. I challenged myself to share a use case that many could relate to, focused on a business critical application. Websites came to mind and WordPress is the world’s most popular website management system. Of course, nginx is the most popular web server so let’s throw that into the mix. And Kubernetes? With more than 50% of corporations adopting Kubernetes in 2021, what better system to run in.
In 2021 we saw corporate investments in the cloud spike, although business leaders are still struggling with cloud projects in terms of education, guidance, and talent. In 2022, our view is that cloud investment will remain strong, with more business leaders taking ownership of their cloud journey.
Since its introduction in 2014 to the world, Kubernetes has been helping usher in the next generation of distributed workloads. As workloads started to be containerized, so did the need to manage the containers, thus the inception of container orchestrators. There have been a few container orchestrators out there before Kubernetes such as Docker Swarm and Apache Mesos. Though as a feature developer, Kubernetes can certainly feel like an 800-pound gorilla in the room.
With multiple teams working on many projects, having a single pipeline for your software is just not enough. These projects need to be built and integrated before they can be tested and released. So how do dev teams handle this situation? Many teams approach the problem by breaking down software into smaller parts that do less, and are easier to maintain and build. This approach has resulted in the microservices architectures that are increasingly common in our industry.
