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Anomaly Advisor Case Study - K6 Load Test

In this video, our Analytics & ML Lead, Andrew Maguire, walks through an example case study using the K6 load testing platform to run a load test against some of our demo servers running Netdata. Watch in real-time as the Anomaly Advisor reacts to the load test and painlessly surfaces the most anomalous metrics, making it easy to just "see" the load test and how it plays out on the servers.

Monitor Amazon RDS Proxy with Datadog

For over a decade, Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) has been a popular managed database service companies have used to set up, operate, and scale databases for web and mobile applications. However, modern, high-scale applications can have upward of tens of thousands of clients. This means that maintaining direct connections between the database and application can quickly begin to consume more resources than the query executions themselves.

Monitor your Helm-managed Kubernetes applications with Datadog

Helm is a package manager that makes it easy to deploy and manage Kubernetes applications. Our new Helm integration allows you to monitor the availability and status of the Helm-managed applications deployed in your Kubernetes clusters. In this post, we’ll show you how you can visualize the status of your Helm releases and use monitors to notify you of important changes in your Helm environment.

A Recession Is Inevitable. Are Your Cloud Deployments and Development Teams Ready?

The recent market turmoil has everyone from developers to CTOs and founders asking themselves a fundamental question “Is our cloud-deployment strategy recession proofs, and if not, how can we adapt to the new market realities?” Within enterprises of all sizes, leaders are asking hard questions, looking for ways to cut costs without negatively impacting growth.