Spark APM - What is Spark Application Performance Management opsdemon Thu, 17/12/2020 - 09:00 Apache Spark is a fast and general-purpose engine for large-scale data processing. It’s most widely used to replace MapReduce for fast processing of data stored in Hadoop. Designed specifically for data science, Spark has evolved to support more use cases, including real-time stream event processing. Spark is also widely used in AI and machine learning applications. https://unraveldata.com/resources/what-is-spark-apm Unravel Blog Analytics APM BI Unravel Data Unravel Data hello@unraveldata ..read more

Splunk vs. Dynatrace vs. Scout opsdemon Thu, 02/12/2021 - 09:00 In today’s times, Application Performance Monitoring has grown to become a necessity for most software organizations. At the same time, the term has evolved from tracking only the performance of an application to monitoring the infrastructure, user experience, latency, and much more. These factors, when put together, contribute to the overall growth of a product. There are so many things that can go wrong at the same time. Therefore you need to choose the perfect monitoring solution that gives you complete visibility over your a ..read more

Testing Tips for Today's Distributed Cloud Environments opsdemon Fri, 25/06/2021 - 09:00 If you’re taking full advantage of today’s distributed cloud environments for your software development, you may be wasting more time than necessary when testing and debugging your applications. Distributed environments have been one of the biggest advances in software development and arose in response to a few unique challenges, such as increasing hardware and software complexity, the ubiquity of the cloud, and demand among consumers and enterprises for applications that work seamlessly across a huge ra ..read more

Global Alerts & Integrations in N|Solid [9/10] The best APM for Node, layer by layer. opsdemon Thu, 04/08/2022 - 09:00 N|Solid provides unparalleled performance and security monitoring for various deployments and team sizes. You can configure the N|Solid Console to notify you when new vulnerabilities are found in your applications. DevOps professionals looking after applications running in production can be notified of performance and security issues earlier and then collaborate wherever they want (Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, etc.) to resolve them. Img 1 - Integrations Global Notifica ..read more

Capture Heap Snapshots in N|Solid [7/10] The best APM for Node, layer by layer. opsdemon Thu, 28/07/2022 - 09:00 One of the first needs of developers is debugging memory-based issues in Node.js applications quickly and effectively. Still, before we jump right into the Heap Snapshot concept, it's essential to understand what a memory leak is. A basic definition that I would apply in this context is: Memory leaks are quite common in production applications. Fortunately, they usually aren't difficult to find. https://nodesource.com/blog/NSolid-Capture-Heap-snapshots NodeSource APM Blog D ..read more

Worker Threads Monitoring in N|Solid [6/10] The best APM for Node, layer by layer. opsdemon Mon, 25/07/2022 - 09:00 One of the more popular ways for developers to use Node.js is to leverage Worker Threads. Workers (threads) are useful for performing CPU-intensive JavaScript operations, according to the official documentation. They have proven to be the best solution for CPU performance due to the following features. https://nodesource.com/blog/NSolid-Worker-Threads-Monitoring NodeSource APM Blog Development NodeJS Marian Villa Marian Villa press@nodesource.com False False False ..read more

How to boost app engagement with mobile application performance monitoring (APM) opsdemon Thu, 30/06/2022 - 09:00 The role of app performance monitoring (APM) extends far beyond crash monitoring—it is an integral part of creating a top-notch user experience that keeps your users happy and coming back for more. https://blog.bitrise.io/post/how-to-boost-app-engagement-with-mobile-applicatio… Bitrise APM Blog Development Mobile Monitoring Nóra Bézi Nóra Bézi letsconnect@bitrise.io False True False ..read more

In-depth analysis of the APM performance cost in Node.js opsdemon Tue, 25/01/2022 - 09:00 TL; DR: Based on the APM benchmarks results is evident that one of the main performance problems for a Node.js application in a production environment is the usage of the very same applications in charge of monitoring the performance for the application itself. This article explains the reasons with an in-depth analysis to show why using most APMs in a Node.js application is that expensive performance-wise. https://nodesource.com/blog/In-depth-analysis-APMs-performance-cost-Nodejs NodeSource APM ..read more

21 Best APM Tools opsdemon Thu, 02/12/2021 - 09:00 If you are trying to compare all of the best solutions for application performance monitoring and management you may have found that it can be highly complicated to compare all of the available observability tools whilst also trying to keep within a reasonable budget. With many APM vendors increasingly concealing the cost of their service behind forms and sales calls, we wanted to bring you a detailed list of some of the best proprietary and open-source tools to help you make an informed decision on where to process your application data. h ..read more

APM With Prometheus and Grafana on Kubernetes Ingress opsdemon Tue, 21/09/2021 - 09:00 While monitoring is an important part of any robust application deployment, it can also seem overwhelming to get a full application performance monitoring (APM) stack deployed. In this post, we’ll see how operating a Kubernetes environment using the open-source Kong Ingress Controller can simplify this seemingly daunting task! You’ll learn how to use Prometheus and Grafana on Kubernetes Ingress to simplify APM setup. https://konghq.com/blog/prometheus-grafana-kubernetes Kong API APM Blog Monitoring ..read more