At the end of November, we’ll be migrating the Sematext Logs backend from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch

Monitoring

Datadog vs. New Relic: Which One Is Better [2024 Comparison]

Choosing an excellent application performance monitoring tool is a challenging task. Nowadays, there are dozens of instruments, and it can be problematic to pick the right one. However, when looking into

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

10 Best Datadog Competitors & Alternatives [2024 Comparison]

Several years ago, there was little choice among performance monitoring tools. You had to deal with what the market offers. Datadog is one of the oldest solutions available and, thus,

How to reindex your Elasticsearch data

The Elasticsearch reindex API copies data from one index to another. You can use reindex to change the index mapping, copy data to another cluster, or copy only a subset

Avoid common mistakes when assigning Elasticsearch Mappings in your cluster

Elasticsearch is a search and analytics engine that allows for complex searches on large datasets of different types and formats. Elasticsearch mappings are the blueprints that define how data is indexed

10+ Best Tools & Systems for Monitoring Ubuntu Server Performance [2023 Comparison]

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian Linux that's mostly composed of open-source and free software. Released in three options - servers, desktop computers and Internet of Things devices.

How to Find and Fix Elasticsearch Unassigned Shards

When a data index is created in Elasticsearch, the data is divided into shards for horizontal scaling across multiple nodes. These shards are small pieces of data that make up

When and How to Delete an Elasticsearch Index?

As an Elasticsearch administrator, you will inevitably have to delete an index at some point. There could be several reasons why this might be necessary: A field is mapped as

Server Monitoring Best Practices: 9 Tips to Improve Health and Performance

Businesses that have mission-critical applications deployed on servers often have operations teams dedicated to monitoring, maintaining, and ensuring the health and performance of these servers. Having a server monitoring system

Key Elastic Dev Commands for Troubleshooting Disk Issues

Disk-related issues with Elasticsearch can present themselves through various symptoms. It is important to understand their root causes and know how to deal with them when they arise. As an