To Restart or Not Restart? Managing Stateful Kubernetes Deployments with Operators and ConfigMaps
Stateless apps are easy, stateful are not. How about those apps in between? Those that cache things for performance reasons but can tolerate data loss. Those apps that can reobtain the data from some other highly available entity—the uptime of which is someone else’s headache. Let’s consider the AppDynamics ClusterAgent, a monitoring solution for various […]
What Does APM Stand For? A Newbie Guide
Today’s blog post is headed back to the basics. I’ve been using and talking about APM tools for so many years sometimes it’s hard to remember that feeling of not knowing the associated terms and concepts. So for anyone who is looking to learn the basics of what is APM, this blog is for you. […]
Big Data Monitoring
The term “Big Data” is quite possibly one of the most difficult IT-related terms to pin down ever. There are so many potential types of, and applications for Big Data that it can be a bit daunting to consider all of the possibilities. Thankfully, for IT operations staff, Big Data is mostly a bunch of […]
Insights from an Investment Banking Monitoring Architect
To put it very simply, Financial Services companies have a unique set of challenges that they have to deal with every day. They are a high priority target for hackers, they are highly regulated by federal and state governments, they deal with and employ some of the most demanding people on the planet, problems with […]
How Garmin attacks IT and business problems with Application Performance Management (APM)
If you’ve used a GPS product before you’re probably familiar with Garmin. They are the leading worldwide provider of navigation devices and technologies. In addition to their popular consumer GPS products, Garmin also offers devices for planes, boats, outdoor activities, fitness, and cars. Because end user experience is so important to Garmin and its customers, ensuring the […]
How I failed my company as a monitoring architect.
I didn’t realize it until recently but now I know that I failed one of my previous companies when I was their monitoring architect. It’s not easy to admit past failures but it’s an important part of growing as a professional and as a person. Before I explain how I failed let me provide some […]
DevOps Scares Me – Part 3
Hey, who invited the developer to our operations conversation? In Devops Scares Me – Part 2 my colleague Dustin Whittle shared his developer point of view on DevOps. I found his viewpoint quite interesting and it made me realize that I take for granted the knowledge I have about what it takes to get an […]