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10 Best Linux Monitoring Tools and Software to Improve Server Performance [2023 Comparison]
Linux is one of the most popular operating systems today, powering a large portion of the Internet. According to W3Techs, almost half of today’s top-ranked 1 million websites currently run
Top 10+ Best System Monitoring Software & Tools [2023 Comparison]
It's virtually impossible to manage today's complex IT environments at scale without a comprehensive system monitoring solution that allows you to check the health of all your applications and services
The Best MySQL Monitoring Tools & Software of 2023 [Pros & Cons Comparison]
Evolving MySQL operations requires understanding how MySQL works. A good monitoring tool alerts on issues before they impact end users and helps reduce the MTTR of incidents when they do
Top 30+ Best DevOps Tools in 2023: A Comprehensive List of Automation Technologies You May Not Be Using in Your Pipeline
The software is getting more and more complicated and so is the infrastructure behind it. It is no longer what it used to be with a single web or application
How to Monitor ZooKeeper: Key Metrics & Best Tools [2023 Comparison]
Apache Zookeeper is a great tool used by many popular tools. Your Kafka uses Zookeeper, your HDFS uses it, your SolrCloud uses it, and your ClickHouse may also be using
20 Best Cloud Monitoring Tools & Services in 2023: Pros & Cons Comparison
Keeping an eye on everything that could affect your customers is a key part of providing a service. In the tech world, this would mean monitoring anything from low-level performance
15 Best Log Analysis Tools & Log Analyzers of 2024 (Paid, Free & Open-source)
Log analysis and management tools have become essential in troubleshooting. With logging analysis tools – also known as network log analysis tools – you can extract meaningful data from logs
HAProxy Monitoring Guide: Important Metrics & Best Tools in 2023
HAProxy is one of the most popular software around when it comes to load balancers and reverse proxies. When you’re using it for these purposes, it’s especially important to monitor
10+ Best Synthetic Monitoring & Testing Tools of 2023: Pros & Cons Comparison
Synthetic monitoring has been a staple of performance testing for years now and it's probably going to stay that way for quite some time. Also called proactive monitoring, this relatively
9 Best Cloud Logging Services for Log Management, Analysis, Monitoring & More [2023 Comparison]
Log management stopped being a very simple operation quite some time ago. Long gone are the "good old days" when you could log into the machine, check the logs, and