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Azure Monitor Collector: Monitor Azure Infrastructure

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re running infrastructure on Azure, you’ve probably dealt with the split between your Azure-native monitoring and the rest of your stack. Your VMs, databases, and Kubernetes clusters generate platform metrics through Azure Monitor, but those metrics live in a separate world from the OS-level, application, and on-prem metrics you’re already watching in Netdata. You end up checking two (or more) places during incidents, building mental bridges between dashboards that don’t talk to each other.

Netdata Cloud On Prem

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We at Netdata understand that infrastructure monitoring can be a complex maze—high costs, specialized skill sets, scalability, data silos, and more. That’s why we have always aimed to streamline and modernize this critical operation. Today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Netdata Cloud On Prem, a ground-breaking solution designed for robust on-prem infrastructure monitoring - it comes with all the Netdata Cloud features you love but fully on prem.

Netdata Cloud On-Prem

While Netdata Cloud never stores any of your metric data on the cloud and just streams it ephemerally while you view a chart, the demand for on premise infrastructure monitoring has never been more pressing. Many large enterprises, governmental organizations, research institutes and critical infrastructures require a level of data privacy, security, and customization that only an on-prem solution can offer.

Monitoring Multi-Cloud & Hybrid-Cloud Infrastructures

Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The advent of multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures has created new opportunities for organizations to leverage best-in-class features from various cloud service providers. However, these complex environments present their own unique challenges, especially when it comes to monitoring and managing performance.

Visibility

The visibility challenge in multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments often stems from the use of disparate monitoring tools that are native to each cloud provider. While these native tools (like Amazon CloudWatch, Google Cloud Monitoring, and Azure Monitor) are excellent within their respective ecosystems, they don’t necessarily play well together when it comes to consolidating data and providing a comprehensive, unified view of your entire infrastructure.

Cloud Optimization: Cost, Performance & Resource Strategies

Sun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Cloud optimization is the ongoing process of analyzing, configuring, and refining cloud environments to improve performance, reduce costs, and align resource usage with business needs. As cloud adoption grows, organizations must move beyond cost-cutting alone and treat optimization as a strategic practice.

Cloud Optimization Strategies To Achieve Business Goals

Cloud optimization strategies generally focus on cost control, performance enhancement, and efficient resource utilization. These strategies range from selecting the right cloud service model (IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS), right-sizing your resources, adopting a multi-cloud approach, automating processes, and investing in robust monitoring tools that can reliably reveal resources utilization and help you ensure that services are tailored to meet business objectives.

Migrating To Cloud: Key Challenges & Best Practices

Sun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Embarking on a cloud migration journey? Grasp the obstacles and arm yourself with best practices for a smooth transition. Success lies in understanding, planning, and adapting.

As we continue to advance further into the 21st century, businesses of all sizes are finding themselves in the midst of a digital revolution. At the heart of this transformation lies cloud migration, a process that has become a critical strategic decision for organizations aiming to remain competitive, innovative, and responsive to fluctuating market dynamics.

Swap Memory: When & How To Use It On Production VMs

Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Swap memory, also known as virtual memory, is a space on a hard disk that is used to supplement the physical memory (RAM) of a computer. The swap space is used when the system runs out of physical memory, and it moves less frequently accessed data from RAM to the hard disk, freeing up space in RAM for more frequently accessed data. But should swap memory be enabled on production systems and cloud-provided virtual machines (VMs)? Let’s explore the pros and cons.