https://www.netdata.cloud/tags/crashes/Recent content in Crashes on NetdataHugoen-usFri, 17 Jul 2026 17:33:53 +0300https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/2025-03-06-monitoring-netdata-restarts/Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/2025-03-06-monitoring-netdata-restarts/<p>For a tool like Netdata, monitoring crashes and abnormal events extends far beyond bug fixing—it&rsquo;s essential for identifying edge cases, preventing regressions, and delivering the most dependable observability experience possible. With millions of daily downloads, each event provides a vital signal for maintaining the integrity of our systems.</p> <h2 id="the-challenge-with-traditional-solutions">The Challenge with Traditional Solutions</h2> <p>Over the years, we&rsquo;ve evaluated many monitoring tools, each with significant limitations:</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Tool</th> <th>Strengths</th> <th>Limitations</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Sentry</strong></td> <td>• Comprehensive error tracking features<br/>• Detailed stack traces</td> <td>• Per-event pricing model becomes prohibitive at scale<br/>• Forces sampling which reduces visibility into critical issues<br/>• Compromises complete error capture for cost control</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><a href="https://www.netdata.cloud/solutions/technologies/gcp-monitoring/">GCP</a> BigQuery &amp; Similar</strong></td> <td>• Powerful query capabilities<br/>• Flexible data processing<br/>• High scalability potential</td> <td>• Complex reporting setup and maintenance<br/>• Significant costs at high event volumes<br/>• Requires specialized technical expertise</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Other Solutions</strong></td> <td>• Various specialized features<br/>• Some open-source flexibility</td> <td>• Either too inflexible for custom requirements<br/>• Or prohibitively expensive at full-capture scale<br/>• Often require compromising between detail and cost</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>We consistently encountered these core challenges:</p>https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/monitoring-node-reboots/Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/monitoring-node-reboots/<p>Monitoring the health and status of nodes and servers is a critical part of effective infrastructure monitoring.</p> <p><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/96257330/202475049-22838a0b-73b1-485b-8416-5fd49d6ccb53.png" alt="logo"></p> <!--truncate--> <h2 id="how-to-monitor-node-reboots">How to monitor node reboots?</h2> <p>One of the most critical tasks of monitoring an infrastructure is to check the health of its servers/nodes. In most cases, this results in setting up a &ldquo;Hardware manager&rdquo; from the hardware vendor delivering these servers or setting up an SNMP (or similar) agent to continuously monitor the availability of the server and report when there is a reboot / failure.</p>