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It’s a mystery why the film community felt an iconic movie like “Grease” needed a reprise. But alas, “Grease 2” hit the big screen and ushered in new teen angst themes around bowling and the talent show.

The first thing we tell Graylog users is, “Monitor your disk space.” The core set of metrics discussed below should always be in acceptable parameters and never grow over extended periods without going back to normal levels. This is why it is critical to monitor metrics that come directly from the hosts running your Graylog infrastructure.

We’re pleased to introduce you to the latest Elastic Cloud features and functionality. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and five minutes, and let’s dive in.

Isn’t all logging pretty much the same? Logs appear by default, like magic, without any further intervention by teams other than simply starting a system… right? While logging may seem like simple magic, there’s a lot to consider. Logs don’t just automatically appear for all levels of your architecture, and any logs that do automatically appear probably don’t have all of the details that you need to successfully understand what a system is doing.

If I asked you to describe Splunk, you’d likely reply with something about it being really good (the best!) at gathering and searching logs. You’re right! But while that’s true, you may not know Splunk is also tops at gathering and analyzing metrics. Putting the two together is very powerful; logs (events, more generically) and metrics go together like cookies and milk!