Cloud storage: Walkthrough, challenges and solutions
Cloud engineers, SREs, SysAdmins, and CTOs are always on the lookout for more avenues to keep their organization's data secure, accessible, and managed. In this blog post, let us explain cloud storage in detail, the associated challenges, and how to overcome
The role of Redis monitoring in scaling applications for high-traffic environments
High-traffic applications demand speed, reliability, and scalability, making Redis a top choice for tasks like caching and real-time analytics. However, as traffic grows, ensuring Redis operates at peak performance requires effective monitoring. By tracking
Top 10 challenges for SREs and how to overcome them with APM tools
According to Google, "SRE is what you get when you treat operations as a software problem.” The role of site reliability engineers (SREs) is evolving rapidly to ensure optimal application performance in today's evolving IT environments. SREs are expected
How AI-powered anomaly detection is transforming APM for SREs
Site reliability engineers (SREs) often face challenges in keeping an organization’s sites running smoothly as the complexity of distributed systems steadily increases. With the rise of microservices, cloud-native architectures, and massive data volumes,
Resolving Heroku deployment issues using comprehensive log data
Deploying applications on Heroku offers a streamlined process for developers, but even the most well-optimized setups can encounter deployment issues. To effectively resolve these issues, it's crucial to gain real-time insights into your app’s behavior,
Taking a step towards network resilience: The importance of real-time alerts
Is your network prepared to handle unexpected disruptions, or are you constantly in fire-fighting mode? As organizations become increasingly reliant on uninterrupted connectivity, network downtime, slow response times, or undetected vulnerabilities can
9 essential metrics to track for effective IT operations with log management tools
Monitoring the correct metrics is crucial for efficient IT operations, as it ensures the smooth functioning of an organization's infrastructure. One crucial aspect of this process is log management, which empowers IT teams to address critical aspects
How CXOs can simplify compliance in high-regulation sectors
How do businesses in highly regulated sectors ensure network compliance while still fostering innovation and maintaining operational efficiency? As regulatory pressure and operational complexities increase, along with the growing divide between external
Scaling website monitoring for global enterprises in 2025: Best practices
Global enterprises in 2025 face an increasingly complex web landscape, demanding robust and adaptable website monitoring strategies. Effective monitoring is paramount for maintaining user experience, preventing downtime, and safeguarding brand reputation
All you need to know about Horizontal Pod Autoscaling in Kubernetes
For most organizations, Kubernetes is the preferred containerization platform thanks to its scaling capabilities. Scaling is more than a mere technical endeavor—it helps maintain reliability, efficiency, and smooth user experiences while handling huge
Kubernetes cluster metrics 101
Kubernetes clusters facilitate the management of containerized applications. Imagine coordinating a seamless flow of workloads across servers, ensuring they operate in harmony, regardless of scale. This is exactly what Kubernetes clusters can do for the
Simplify DevOps tasks with this go-to cheat sheet: From Go programming to automation
DevOps is a dynamic field that bridges development and operations, ensuring seamless collaboration and faster software delivery. Whether you're just starting or looking to sharpen your skills, having quick access to essential concepts is invaluable. That’s
How SMBs can proactively manage wireless networks with Cisco WLC monitoring
Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) rely on wireless networks to power daily operations, connect with customers, and foster growth. Yet, managing these networks effectively can be challenging without the right tools. Cisco wireless LAN controllers (WLCs)
The importance of error budgets for SREs and how to monitor them
Digital-first customers who are always on the go expect a seamless experience. But let’s face it—100% uptime is a myth. Trying to achieve it can drain resources and stifle innovation. This is where error budgets come in. They help site reliability engineers
The hidden costs of not tracking network configurations
Has this ever happened in your workplace? A key application goes offline during peak working hours, or worse, when a client is evaluating your business, leaving network administrators scrambling to identify the cause. Could it be a misconfigured switch,
Transform your workflow with comprehensive Toolset
Managing websites, handling development tasks, and ensuring data accuracy can often feel like juggling multiple responsibilities at once. What if there was a way to bring all these tasks under one roof? With the launch of our all-in-one toolset, you no
How to use the command line interface effectively
Organizations and homelabbers are always on the look out for improving efficiency. Remember back in 2023, when Mark Zuckerberg pivoted all decisions in support of Meta's Year of Efficiency? When you are working with IT infrastructure, efficiency must
Booting explained: Types, instructions, and problems
Even though IT infrastructure is more sophisticated than ever, the basics still remain the same—and one such basic concept is booting. Although it may seem straightforward, understanding booting is vital for anyone involved in server monitoring, management,
How enterprises can reduce revenue loss from downtime with proactive monitoring
Unforeseen downtime silently erodes enterprise revenue. Every minute a system, application, or service is unavailable directly impacts profitability. Lost sales opportunities, compromised customer experiences, and frustration are the immediate consequences.
Mitigating enterprise-grade DDoS Attacks with advanced website monitoring
Evolution of DDoS attacks in forms and severities is a major financial and reputational threat to most enterprises. A huge share of enterprises experiencing a DDoS attack in the past year had attacks lasting over for an average of four hours and costing
Learnings from eight major outages of 2024 and best practices to stay prepared
While we cannot eliminate internet outages, lag, or security breaches, reflecting on the lessons learned from these events helps us cope, innovate, and implement measures to reduce how often they occur. In 2024, website and application outages had a significantly
Global website monitoring: Best practices for international businesses
With a sluggish page a smooth global performance would be a far fletched dream. A tainted brand reputation, irritated customers abandoning your’s for a better site, lost businesses are all that a slow or poorly localized webpage can bring. To establish
A perfect digital strategy: A CXO's guide to website monitoring trends in 2025
In 2025, your enterprise's digital presence isn't just about availability; it's about resilience, responsiveness, and delivering consistently exceptional experiences. As a CXO, you need to look beyond basic uptime metrics and embrace a more sophisticated,
How Kubernetes monitoring with APM tools can be a game-changer for DevOps
Kubernetes environments result from the need for faster software production cycles and enterprises striving to meet customer demands by adopting cloud-native architectures. Kubernetes has become indispensable for DevOps team and site reliability engineers
Maximizing competitive advantage through advanced website performance optimization strategies
The corporate website has evolved into a dynamic representation of your brand, a major source of income, and the foundation of your client connections. For today's CXO, it is no longer a static asset. Website performance is a strategic necessity in an
Recap: Site24x7’s takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2024
AWS re:Invent 2024 brought together cloud innovators, developers, and business leaders to explore the future of technology and cloud computing. This year’s event focused on three major themes that resonated throughout the sessions and announcements: AI,
Four tips for configuring alerts in Site24x7 network monitoring
Configuring alerts effectively can be the difference between a frictionless IT environment and hours of downtime. Many enterprises struggle with alert fatigue, missed critical incidents, or poorly defined thresholds that leave them scrambling to identify
Failover cluster storage: A comprehensive guide
Availability is the most important driving factor that shapes every decision an organization makes. To ensure high availability, failover clustering is one of the most commonly used solutions in modern IT infrastructure. In this article, we'll learn what
IIS server: Uses, benefits, and challenges
What is an IIS server? Internet Information Services, commonly referred to as IIS, is Microsoft's web server software. It is built to host websites, applications, and services for Windows systems. If you are considering IIS for hosting your website or
Top AWS monitoring trends in 2025
As cloud technologies continue to evolve, so does the way we monitor and manage AWS environments. In 2025, AWS monitoring is shifting to accommodate the increasing complexity and scale of cloud infrastructures. From AI-driven tools that predict issues
How to optimize Hyper-V replications with key metrics
In this blog post, let us see what Hyper-V replication is, why it is important, and how you can safeguard your Hyper-V replicas' performance and health. What is Hyper-V replication? It is a built-in feature of the Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization platform.
Custom database query monitoring: Use cases to unlock business-critical insights
Custom database queries are invaluable for businesses seeking actionable insights from their data. Unlike general monitoring tools, these queries deliver a deeper, more tailored view of critical metrics, help identify patterns, detect anomalies, and address
Taming alert chaos: How alarm overload leads to IT fatigue and how AIOps can fix
Data complexity increases every year. The three Vs of data—volume (the amount of data streaming in and out), velocity (the speed of generation, processing, and streaming), and variety (different forms ranging from structured databases and semi-structured
Common issues with wireless LAN controllers and how to troubleshoot them with effective monitoring
To keep up with competition, enterprises must embrace next-level capabilities like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Market leaders know this depends on having fast, resilient, reliable, and secure connectivity
Benefits of combining the trifecta of APM, RUM, and synthetic monitoring in IT operations
Optimizing IT performance with observability: A holistic approach For all digital organizations, application performance is the pulse to constantly monitor to ensure success. A mere moment of downtime can translate into significant revenue losses, eroded
Why cloud-based website monitoring is essential for SMBs
Like any other entity building their brand online, for small and medium-sized businesses too the website is the prime point of interaction with customers. A slow loading page with several hiccups and major security concerns can be detrimental. And, these
The importance of understanding and observing an application’s middle-tier components
Just like how the filling makes a sandwich, an application's performance is closely tied to how effectively its middle-tier components function. While the front-end is what users see and interact with (UI), and the back-end deals with data storage, the
Creating custom dashboards for network monitoring with Site24x7
Instead of sifting through mountains of metrics across different network types, what if you had an AI-powered tool that could display all the necessary insights in an easy-to-understand format? Visual analytics can help enterprises make informed, data-driven
Key metrics for Kubernetes performance monitoring: A practical guide
Kubernetes is known to be the best container orchestration tool, but it can also add complexity to resource management, particularly as your clusters expand. Without proper monitoring, problems can rapidly worsen, resulting in subpar application performance,
Enhance microservices observability and performance with Site24x7's log management tool
Microservices are a way of designing applications as a set of small, independent services. Each service handles a specific task and interacts with others through APIs. This architecture makes it easier to develop, deploy, and scale services individually,
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