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Industrial IoT visualization: Why United Manufacturing Hub chose Grafana to power its IIoT platform

Denis Gontcharov is a data consultant who helps aluminum smelters break down data barriers. For the past five years, he has supported the aluminum industry with IT and data services as an independent consultant. Denis also works as a Developer Advocate at the United Manufacturing Hub. Jeremy Theocharis is co-founder and CTO at United Manufacturing Hub. He is an expert in industrial IoT with over seven years of experience leading large-scale IIoT projects in various industries.

How to Clear The Cache of Nginx?

Nginx, a common web server and reverse proxy, uses caching to improve performance. Over time, this cache can collect old or unneeded data. This buildup can cause slower response times, more disk usage, and possibly serve old content to users. Clearing the Nginx cache often is important to keep good server performance and provide current information.

Nginx Location Priority Explained

This article examines Nginx location directives. It explains what location directives are, their syntax, and how they process requests for specific URIs. The article describes different types of location matches, including exact, prefix, and regular expression matches. It also discusses the priority order of these matches and gives practical examples of their use in various scenarios.

Top 10 Free Status Page Software Providers in 2024

Service outages are inevitable and directly impact customers, potentially damaging your company’s reputation and customer loyalty. Considering that an hour of outage costs on average $300,000 according to Statista, it’s better to avoid additional expenses in connection to losing customers. This financial impact underscores the importance of having a reliable status page to keep your customers informed and mitigate the consequences of service interruptions.
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5 Security Logging and Monitoring Mistakes to Avoid

As cybersecurity attack vectors evolve, security logging and monitoring are becoming even more important. Effective logging and monitoring enables organizations to detect and investigate security incidents quickly. Cloud-based attackers are getting more sophisticated, and often rely on stolen credentials to escalate privileges and move laterally within corporate IT networks. Many do so undetected, which is why modern IT systems require a watchful eye on log data to detect suspicious activity and inform incident response efforts.

What is APM: Understanding the basics of application performance management

Application performance management (APM) is a crucial practice that entails closely monitoring, measuring, and enhancing the performance and availability of software applications to meet desired levels of service. This involves continuously keeping an eye on application performance and effectively addressing any complex issues that may arise, in order to guarantee optimal functioning and meet the expectations of end users.

Understanding Traces and Spans: Span Filtering With ObserveNow and Grafana 10.4

ObserveNow, the leading open source-based observability stack, has recently enhanced its capabilities with the introduction of Span Filtering – a key feature in its latest upgrade to Grafana 10.4. This advancement significantly improves the platform’s ability to dissect and analyze traces, which are crucial for understanding the behavior and performance of distributed systems.