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How to Stop Memory Leaks Before they Crash Your Linux System

Imagine you’ve got a leaky faucet in your kitchen.  At first, it’s just a drip here and there—annoying, sure, but not enough to ruin your day. But leave it unchecked,

Java Logging Basics: Concepts, Tools, and Best Practices

Imagine you're a detective trying to solve a crime, but all the evidence is invisible.  Sounds impossible, right?  That's exactly what it's like trying to debug a Java application without

17 Linux Log Files You Must Be Monitoring

Imagine waking up to a critical system failure that has brought your business operations to a standstill.  Panic sets in as you scramble to understand what went wrong.  You sift

How to Create Log-Based Metrics to Improve Application Observability

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) or DevOps professional, you are well aware of the importance of observability in ensuring the smooth functioning and performance of your applications. Observing and

Uncovering Business Insights from Logs

In the world of modern business, data drives decision-making. Every interaction, every transaction, and every click generates a series of data in the form of logs. These logs, often seen

Solr Monitoring Tools

Solr is widely adopted by startups and enterprises alike. It's powerful and open-source, so it's very appealing to just about everyone looking for a search platform to build off of.

Top 10+ Best Log Monitoring Tools & Software: Free & Paid [2025 Comparison]

Log monitoring tools enhance visibility by centralizing data from multiple applications and infrastructure elements, thus ensuring your organization's good health and its business performance. Companies face increasing challenges in managing

Using Solr Operator to Autoscale Solr on Kubernetes

In this tutorial, you'll see how to deploy Solr on Kubernetes. You'll also see how to use the Solr Operator to autoscale a SolrCloud cluster based on CPU with the

How to Monitor the Performance of Mobile-Friendly Websites

Mobile-friendly websites are a must. We are all using mobile devices more and more to access information and perform all kinds of work and tasks - shopping, banking, communication, dating,

11 Alternatives to Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and Solr

Introduction In the ever-evolving world of search engines, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and Solr have long held the spotlight. However, there are several smaller search platforms that pack a punch and offer

OpenSearch vs Solr: Which One Is Better to Use?

If you’re looking for a short answer on OpenSearch vs Solr, here’s a flow chart: We normally recommend the one you (or your team) already know or the prefer because,

Prometheus vs Datadog: Comparing Differences & Features [2023]

DevOps teams and security engineers use monitoring tools like Prometheus and Datadog to search for bugs and find any issues that might put an app or the entire IT infrastructure

OpenSearch vs Elasticsearch: Which One Is Better to Use?

Whenever we start a search consulting project from scratch, the obvious question is: which search engine to use? We’ve talked about Elasticsearch vs Solr before, but here we’ll compare Elasticsearch

Java Logging Frameworks Comparison: SLF4j vs Log4j vs Logback vs Log4j2 [Differences]

Any software application or a system can have bugs and issues in testing or production environments. Therefore, logging is essential to help troubleshoot issues easily and introduce fixes on time.

10 Best Apache Log Analyzers: Free & Paid Tools [2023 Comparison]

Apache is the second most popular web server, after …., with its roots and official release going back as far as 1995. Throughout the years, it gained features, including HTTP/2,

Apache Tomcat Logging Configuration: How to View and Analyze Log Files

Apache Tomcat is the Java web server that implements many Java features like web site APIs, Java server pages, Java Servlets, etc. It's an open-source software widely used in the

A Complete Guide to Google’s Core Web Vitals and How to Optimize Them

Definition: What Are Core Web Vitals? Core Web Vitals are a set of metrics that Google uses to assess a user's experience on a web page. These metrics help developers

All About Solr Replica Placement Plugins

With Solr 9 the Autoscaling Framework was removed - for being too complex and not terribly reliable - and instead we have Replica Placement Plugins. Unlike Autoscaling, replica placement only