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grafana

Getting started with Grafana: best practices to design your first dashboard

Jul 3, 2024 By Grafana Labs Team In Grafana
At its core, observability is about helping humans understand and optimize complex systems. It enables engineering teams to ask questions on the fly, and to learn not only when something goes wrong but why. Observability also allows organizations to proactively identify and address performance issues — before their end users even have a chance to notice.
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gremlin

How to prevent accidental load balancer deletions

Jul 3, 2024 By Andre Newman In Gremlin
The worst thing you could do after successfully deploying to a new environment is to accidentally delete critical infrastructure. Unfortunately, that happened to one Google Cloud customer when their private cloud subscription was accidentally deleted, resulting in nearly two weeks of downtime. This isn’t an isolated problem either: Microsoft Azure had a similar problem when a typo inadvertently deleted an entire SQL Server instance rather than a specific database.
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kelverion

Microsoft Announce System Center 2025

Jul 3, 2024 By Rachel In Kelverion
First released in 2008, Microsoft System Center is a suite of products which simplify the deployment, configuration and management of IT infrastructure for both on-premises and hybrid cloud environments. System Center products assist with infrastructure monitoring, infrastructure provisioning, software deployment and patching, automation, backup and IT service management.
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N-able

Navigating M&A Trends in the MSP Industry: Insights and Strategies

Jul 3, 2024 By Pete Roythorne In N-able
There’s been a lot of talk about a slowdown in global channel M&A activity in 2023—indeed, our recent MSP Horizons Report, which we did in conjunction with Canalys, highlighted a 60% decline in M&A compared to previous years. Another trend the report observed is a disparity between buyers and sellers in the market. While 44% of MSPs are looking to acquire, only 13% are actively (and openly) seeking to sell.
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metricfire

Monitor Your Socket Connections Using Telegraf and MetricFire

Jul 3, 2024 By Benjamin Pitts In MetricFire
Monitoring socket connections in your servers is critical because it ensures network communication is functioning correctly and identifies potential issues such as bottlenecks or unauthorized access. It helps maintain server performance and security by detecting abnormal or malicious activities early. Additionally, monitoring provides valuable insights for troubleshooting and optimizing application and network configurations.
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anodot

Azure Functions Pricing - 2024 Guide to Azure Functions Costs & Optimization

Jul 3, 2024 By Anodot In Anodot
Azure Functions is a serverless computer Microsoft Azure service. Its goal is to enable developers to create scalable, cost-optimized, event-driven applications without the hassle of server management. However, like most Azure cloud-based offerings, the costs of Azure Functions can be muddied by the different pricing models and the factors that can increase (or decrease) your monthly bill. Our guide simplifies things so you can be confident your Azure spend is optimized down to the last dime.
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anodot

Azure DevOps Services Pricing - How Much Does Azure DevOps Cost

Jul 3, 2024 By Anodot In Anodot
Calculating your Azure DevOps budget doesn’t need to make your palms clammy. Consider this your 2024 guide to figuring out all you need about Azure DevOps pricing so nothing sneaks up on your monthly budget. But let’s define some terms before we get into the nitty-gritty details.
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anodot

Azure Storage Pricing 101 - Guide to Blob, Cold & File Storage Costs

Jul 3, 2024 By Anodot In Anodot
Microsoft Azure storage pricing can be confusing. With cloud storage-specific tiers, reservations, time lengths, and other cost considerations, starting monthly budget calculations can be more than intimidating—especially since you’ll also want to watch out for any extra provider-specific fees. We’ll break things down so you can easily calculate your Azure storage pricing.
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