Auto scaling beyond the basics: Fine-tuning AWS Auto Scaling groups

Before diving into advanced techniques, it's essential to have a firm grasp of what Auto Scaling groups are and how they function at a basic level. Auto Scaling groups adjust the number of Amazon EC2 instances required in your application to meet the peak performance demand. They can scale in (reduce instances) or scale out &#x...


The unknown threats: Understanding network outages and preventing them

According to a recent study by the Uptime Institute, the most frequent cause of network outages stems from issues in configuration or change management processes (https://datacenter.uptimeinstitute.com/rs/711-RIA-145/images/AnnualOutageAnalysis2023.03092023.pdf). This is closely followed by failures attributed to third-party network providers.&n...

Six cloud migration best practices for higher uptime

It is important to analyze the complexity, dependencies, and resource requirements of your applications. This will help you determine the most suitable migration strategy. Define your migration goals, such as cost reduction, improved performance, or increased scalability. This will help you align your efforts and measure success. You can also...


The role of QoS in optimizing network usage

As businesses heavily depend on the internet and network services for daily operations, the performance and reliability of these networks are key to their success. This highlights the crucial role of quality of service (QoS) in improving network efficiency. It ensures a smooth user experience and supports business advancement. In this blog, we'l...

How Australian local governments can use cloud-native observability

Australian city councils are the command centers of every city, ensuring essential services are delivered with reliability and speed while being available for citizens' queries and requests. Though the IT infrastructure of Australian city councils has predominantly been on-premises, the last decade has seen a substantial digital shift with incre...

Australian local governance: How to choose the right IT monitoring tool

Australian city councils and their IT stack City councils run like the central nervous system that links and serves a large community of people, companies, and establishments to make a city a complex, bustling melting pot. Touching every life across the population—right down to the last mile—city councils provide digital access to essential ser...

Why holistic monitoring is the key to future-proof your application

Pinpoint bottlenecks and reduce MTTR by quickly identifying the exact source of the issue down to the code level.

Reduce costs by diagnosing and resolving issues rapidly and minimizing business impact.


What is network uptime? Know how to measure and increase it.

Organizations that rely on traditional networks struggle to keep pace with rapidly evolving technologies and accelerate innovation. As AI, cloud, and decentralization create new challenges, the key to moving forward at a faster pace is to make sure the network is always available and working without any interruptions. This measure, known as netw...

Unlock Sybase ASE performance: Transform monitoring metrics into actionable insights

Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is a robust solution for handling critical business operations. To keep it running at peak performance, it's essential to monitor it continuously and collect a range of performance metrics. These metrics provide detailed insights into various aspects of the server’s health, including connection times, memo...

Understanding Kubernetes namespaces and how to monitor them with Site24x7

Kubernetes namespaces are a fundamental way of organizing your Kubernetes cluster resources to isolate groups of resources for specific needs. With better resource management, easy organization, robust security, and high scalability, Kubernetes namespaces help immensely in development, team handling, and application life cycle management.

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