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Monitoring Redis instances is essential for maintaining performance, reliability, and security. It allows you to detect issues early, optimize resources, and provide a seamless experience for both developers and end-users. Monitoring your database allows you to track key performance metrics such as memory usage, CPU usage, and query response times. By analyzing these metrics, you can identify performance bottlenecks, optimize queries, and ensure that Redis is operating efficiently.

Why make a migration from Ansible to Puppet — or in some cases, start with Puppet over Ansible right out of the gate? In this blog, we’ll explore some common reasons that organizations say they chose Puppet over Ansible, citing specific use case examples around the functionality of each platform.

Notifications are designed to be annoying. Think of your phone buzzing in a quiet room: it demands your attention, lighting up your screen and making noise so you look at it. A notification is supposed to pull you away from whatever you’re working on. They can be useful, but they can also be a nuisance.

CentOS EOL - Are you affected? CentOS used to be community driven. Imagine an OS being tested by a global community of volunteers against a testing team in a company—that gave CentOS unmatched stability. An OS that came with Securuty-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) by default and also included 10-year support meant it was the favorite of both individual developers and enterprises as well (even Facebook, now known as Meta, used CentOS for its data centers).

This growing connectivity method opens users to a whole new world of network capabilities, and is becoming more essential than ever before.

As a modern software engineer or CTO, you’re responsible for building, delivering, and maintaining high-quality software solutions at scale. Yet, software programs have grown increasingly complex over time, requiring meticulous work. The competition threatens to take your subscribers every billing cycle if you don’t constantly innovate, too. Customers want more, bigger, and better upgrades and updates.

Azure VM Autoscaling is a feature provided by Microsoft Azure that allows to automatically adjust the number of Virtual Machines (VMs) in a specific scale set based on predefined criteria such as load, performance metrics, or a schedule. This post delves into the significance of autoscaling within Azure VMs, spotlighting its role in cost optimization, performance enhancement, and improved availability.

Datadog Database Monitoring (DBM), which provides host-level and query performance metrics and insights for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server, is now available for Oracle. Oracle is one of the most common database types, and now teams that operate Oracle databases can use Datadog to monitor these resources alongside telemetry from across their environments.