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IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jun 27, 2022 · Operations

Comprehensive Guide to Prometheus: Metrics Collection, Storage, Querying, Alerting and Visualization

This article provides a detailed overview of Prometheus, covering its architecture, metric exposure, scraping models, storage format, metric types, custom exporter implementation in Go, PromQL query language, built‑in functions, Grafana integration, and alerting with Alertmanager, offering practical code examples throughout.

AlertingGoGrafana
0 likes · 20 min read
Comprehensive Guide to Prometheus: Metrics Collection, Storage, Querying, Alerting and Visualization
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Jun 21, 2022 · Operations

Discover Grafana 9.0: Visual Query Builders, Heatmap Panel & More

Grafana 9.0 introduces a suite of usability enhancements—including visual Prometheus and Loki query builders, an Explore‑to‑dashboard workflow, a high‑performance heatmap panel, command‑palette navigation, and improved alerting—making data exploration, visualization, and monitoring more intuitive for developers and operators.

DashboardGrafanaLoki
0 likes · 8 min read
Discover Grafana 9.0: Visual Query Builders, Heatmap Panel & More
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jun 18, 2022 · Operations

Zabbix vs Prometheus: Architecture, Pros, and super_exporter Integration

This article compares the open‑source monitoring systems Zabbix and Prometheus, detailing their architectures, component roles, strengths, and weaknesses, then describes how to integrate Zabbix data into Prometheus using a custom super_exporter and visualise the combined metrics with Grafana.

GrafanaPrometheusSQL
0 likes · 14 min read
Zabbix vs Prometheus: Architecture, Pros, and super_exporter Integration
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Jun 17, 2022 · Cloud Native

Vivo Container Cluster Monitoring Architecture and Cloud‑Native Practices

This article describes Vivo's practical experience building a cloud‑native monitoring system for large‑scale container clusters, covering the shortcomings of traditional monitoring, the Prometheus‑centric ecosystem, high‑availability architecture, challenges faced, and future directions such as automation and AI‑driven operations.

ObservabilityPrometheusVictoriaMetrics
0 likes · 13 min read
Vivo Container Cluster Monitoring Architecture and Cloud‑Native Practices
vivo Internet Technology
vivo Internet Technology
Jun 15, 2022 · Cloud Native

Vivo Container Cluster Monitoring Architecture and Cloud‑Native Observability Practices

Vivo’s cloud‑native monitoring solution combines high‑availability Prometheus clusters, VictoriaMetrics storage, Grafana visualization, and a custom leader‑election adapter to deduplicate data while forwarding metrics to Kafka and OLAP systems, addressing large‑scale performance, scalability, and integration challenges and paving the way for AI‑driven AIOps.

Cloud Native MonitoringKubernetesObservability
0 likes · 18 min read
Vivo Container Cluster Monitoring Architecture and Cloud‑Native Observability Practices
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
May 30, 2022 · Cloud Native

An Introduction to Prometheus: Metrics Collection, Storage, Querying, Visualization and Alerting

Prometheus is an open‑source monitoring system that scrapes metrics from services or exporters, stores them in a time‑series database, lets users query with PromQL, visualizes data via its web UI or Grafana, and sends alerts through Alertmanager, supporting custom Go metrics, various discovery methods, and four metric types.

AlertingGoGrafana
0 likes · 21 min read
An Introduction to Prometheus: Metrics Collection, Storage, Querying, Visualization and Alerting
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
May 29, 2022 · Operations

How to Build a Semi‑Automated Prometheus Monitoring Stack for Small Teams

This article details a practical, semi‑automated monitoring solution for environments with fewer than 500 nodes, covering active monitoring concepts, Prometheus data modeling, service‑framework instrumentation, data scraping and visualization with Grafana, and alert handling via AlertManager.

GrafanaOperationsPrometheus
0 likes · 13 min read
How to Build a Semi‑Automated Prometheus Monitoring Stack for Small Teams
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
May 16, 2022 · Cloud Native

Master Loki: Scalable Log Aggregation for Kubernetes and Prometheus

This guide introduces Loki, the open‑source, horizontally scalable log aggregation system optimized for Prometheus and Kubernetes, covering its core concepts, architecture, components, deployment steps, Grafana integration, label‑based indexing, and best practices for handling dynamic and high‑cardinality tags.

GrafanaKubernetesLoki
0 likes · 19 min read
Master Loki: Scalable Log Aggregation for Kubernetes and Prometheus
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Apr 6, 2022 · Cloud Native

Why Prometheus’s TSDB Makes Monitoring Scalable: A Deep Dive

This article explains how Prometheus’s time‑series database handles massive monitoring data, from basic concepts and query examples to storage engine design, indexing strategies, and powerful data computation techniques such as recording rules.

PrometheusTSDBTime Series
0 likes · 8 min read
Why Prometheus’s TSDB Makes Monitoring Scalable: A Deep Dive
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Apr 3, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Achieve Full Observability for Performance Testing with Prometheus

This guide explains the essential observability concepts—metrics, logs, and traces—for performance testing, compares Zabbix and Prometheus, shows how to extend JMeter with a Prometheus exporter, and details step‑by‑step integration of Alibaba Cloud PTS and Grafana dashboards for comprehensive monitoring.

Cloud NativeObservabilityPrometheus
0 likes · 9 min read
How to Achieve Full Observability for Performance Testing with Prometheus
SQB Blog
SQB Blog
Apr 2, 2022 · Operations

Designing a Next‑Gen Observability Platform: From Zipkin to Hera

This article chronicles the evolution of a company's monitoring system from a Zipkin‑based tracing solution to a cloud‑native observability platform called Hera, detailing design goals, technology choices, challenges with MySQL storage, and the adoption of Prometheus‑compatible metrics, Jaeger tracing, and Kubernetes operators.

Distributed TracingObservabilityPrometheus
0 likes · 22 min read
Designing a Next‑Gen Observability Platform: From Zipkin to Hera
High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Mar 28, 2022 · Cloud Native

Best Practices for Building an Integrated Monitoring Platform with Prometheus in a Microservice Architecture

This article explains the monitoring challenges introduced by microservice and container evolution, why Prometheus is the preferred observability solution in the cloud‑native era, and presents a comprehensive, multi‑tenant, high‑availability architecture with practical techniques for data collection, storage, query optimization, security, and future trends.

Cloud NativeMetricsPrometheus
0 likes · 19 min read
Best Practices for Building an Integrated Monitoring Platform with Prometheus in a Microservice Architecture
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Mar 18, 2022 · Operations

Evolution of Open‑Source Monitoring Tools: From Nagios to Prometheus

This article traces the development of open‑source monitoring solutions from early tools like Nagios and Cacti through modern platforms such as Prometheus and Nightingale, comparing their strengths, weaknesses, and typical use cases while also looking ahead to emerging observability trends in cloud‑native environments.

NagiosObservabilityOperations
0 likes · 14 min read
Evolution of Open‑Source Monitoring Tools: From Nagios to Prometheus
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 10, 2022 · Operations

Why Prometheus’s TSDB Makes Monitoring Scalable: A Deep Dive

This article explains how Prometheus transforms raw monitoring data into actionable insights by using a time‑series database (TSDB) that efficiently stores massive metric streams, supports powerful queries, and enables pre‑computed calculations for fast dashboards and alerts.

PrometheusTSDBTimeSeries
0 likes · 7 min read
Why Prometheus’s TSDB Makes Monitoring Scalable: A Deep Dive
Java Interview Crash Guide
Java Interview Crash Guide
Mar 8, 2022 · Backend Development

Master Spring Boot Actuator: HTTP & JMX Monitoring, Custom Endpoints, and JMX MBean Registration

Learn how to enable and use Spring Boot Actuator's monitoring features—including HTTP and JMX endpoints—configure built‑in endpoints, expose custom metrics, dynamically adjust log levels, and manually register JMX MBeans, with code examples and integration tips for Prometheus and Grafana.

Custom EndpointPrometheushttp-endpoints
0 likes · 11 min read
Master Spring Boot Actuator: HTTP & JMX Monitoring, Custom Endpoints, and JMX MBean Registration
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 2, 2022 · Operations

Mastering System & Application Monitoring with the USE Method and Prometheus

This article explains how to build a comprehensive monitoring system for both infrastructure and applications, introducing the USE (Utilization‑Saturation‑Errors) method, key performance metrics, and practical components such as Prometheus, Grafana, full‑link tracing, and the ELK stack to detect and diagnose performance bottlenecks.

MetricsPrometheusUSE method
0 likes · 13 min read
Mastering System & Application Monitoring with the USE Method and Prometheus
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Mar 2, 2022 · Operations

Promoter: Rendering AlertManager Graphs for DingTalk Notifications Using Go

The article introduces Promoter, a Go‑based webhook that fetches Prometheus metrics, renders alert graphs with gonum/plot, stores the images in S3‑compatible object storage, and embeds them in DingTalk notifications, providing deployment instructions, template customization, and core implementation details.

AlertmanagerDingTalkGo
0 likes · 10 min read
Promoter: Rendering AlertManager Graphs for DingTalk Notifications Using Go
YunZhu Net Technology Team
YunZhu Net Technology Team
Feb 24, 2022 · Big Data

Design and Implementation of a Comprehensive Monitoring System for a Big Data Platform

This article describes the end‑to‑end design, metric hierarchy, data collection methods, visualization dashboards, and alerting mechanisms used to build a robust monitoring system for a large‑scale big‑data platform, covering physical hosts, Hadoop components, business services, and data layers with tools such as Telegraf, Prometheus, and Grafana.

AlertingGrafanaPrometheus
0 likes · 14 min read
Design and Implementation of a Comprehensive Monitoring System for a Big Data Platform
IT Services Circle
IT Services Circle
Feb 16, 2022 · Backend Development

SpringBoot Performance Optimization: Monitoring, Profiling, and Tuning Strategies

This article provides a comprehensive guide to optimizing SpringBoot services, covering metric exposure with Prometheus, custom business monitoring, Java flame‑graph profiling, SkyWalking distributed tracing, HTTP and Tomcat tuning, layer‑wise code improvements, and practical code examples for real‑world performance gains.

Backend DevelopmentJava profilingPerformance Optimization
0 likes · 16 min read
SpringBoot Performance Optimization: Monitoring, Profiling, and Tuning Strategies
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jan 22, 2022 · Cloud Native

Boost Kubernetes Monitoring: Migrate from Prometheus to Thanos for Scalable Low‑Cost Metrics

This article examines the limitations of a standard Prometheus‑based monitoring stack on Kubernetes, explains how adopting Thanos improves metric retention and reduces infrastructure costs, and provides a detailed multi‑cluster deployment guide with Terraform, TLS configuration, and Grafana visualization.

KubernetesObservabilityPrometheus
0 likes · 16 min read
Boost Kubernetes Monitoring: Migrate from Prometheus to Thanos for Scalable Low‑Cost Metrics
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jan 20, 2022 · Operations

Mastering Prometheus Metrics: Best Practices for Effective Monitoring

This article outlines practical guidelines for designing Prometheus metrics, covering how to define monitoring targets, choose appropriate vectors and labels, name metrics and labels correctly, select histogram buckets, and leverage Grafana features to visualize and troubleshoot data effectively.

GrafanaMetricsObservability
0 likes · 11 min read
Mastering Prometheus Metrics: Best Practices for Effective Monitoring
IT Xianyu
IT Xianyu
Jan 14, 2022 · Operations

Redis Monitoring, Data Migration, and Cluster Management Tools Overview

This article introduces essential Redis operational tools, covering the INFO command for monitoring, Prometheus‑based redis‑exporter visualization, the Redis‑shake data migration utility, Redis‑full‑check consistency verification, and the CacheCloud platform for comprehensive cluster management.

CacheCloudData MigrationOperations
0 likes · 10 min read
Redis Monitoring, Data Migration, and Cluster Management Tools Overview
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Jan 11, 2022 · Operations

Building a TB‑Scale Log Monitoring System with ELK Stack and Kafka Streams

This article explains how to design and implement a terabyte‑level log monitoring platform using ELK Stack, FileBeat, Elastic APM, Kafka Streams, Prometheus, and Grafana, covering data collection, filtering, visualization, and resource‑efficient processing for large‑scale microservice environments.

ELKGrafanaLog Monitoring
0 likes · 9 min read
Building a TB‑Scale Log Monitoring System with ELK Stack and Kafka Streams
Practical DevOps Architecture
Practical DevOps Architecture
Jan 5, 2022 · Operations

Deploying Prometheus and Node Exporter on a Linux Host

This guide walks through installing Prometheus and Node Exporter on a Linux server, copying binaries to system paths, configuring Prometheus with scrape jobs for the local node and remote hosts, and running the exporters with specific collector options for system metrics.

OperationsPrometheusmonitoring
0 likes · 4 min read
Deploying Prometheus and Node Exporter on a Linux Host
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jan 5, 2022 · Operations

Designing Scalable High‑Availability Prometheus Architectures

This article explains how to build both small‑scale and large‑scale high‑availability Prometheus setups using local and remote storage, federation, keepalived, and PostgreSQL + TimescaleDB adapters to ensure reliable monitoring and alerting across growing infrastructures.

FederationOpsPrometheus
0 likes · 6 min read
Designing Scalable High‑Availability Prometheus Architectures
Architect's Tech Stack
Architect's Tech Stack
Jan 3, 2022 · Operations

Overview of Redis Monitoring, Data Migration, and Cluster Management Tools

This article introduces essential Redis operational tools, covering real‑time monitoring with the INFO command and exporters, data migration using Redis‑shake, consistency checking via Redis‑full‑check, and cluster management through CacheCloud, while highlighting key metrics such as stat, commandstat, cpu, and memory.

CacheCloudOperationsPrometheus
0 likes · 10 min read
Overview of Redis Monitoring, Data Migration, and Cluster Management Tools
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Dec 16, 2021 · Cloud Native

From Legacy Monitoring to Modern Observability: A Cloud‑Native Journey

This article traces the 30‑year evolution of system monitoring, explains the differences between monitoring, APM and observability, outlines key practices for building an observability platform, and provides a step‑by‑step guide to implementing Prometheus + Grafana in a cloud‑native environment.

APMARMSGrafana
0 likes · 18 min read
From Legacy Monitoring to Modern Observability: A Cloud‑Native Journey
Baidu Geek Talk
Baidu Geek Talk
Dec 8, 2021 · Cloud Native

Enterprise Kubernetes Migration Practice: Baidu Aifanfan's Journey to Cloud-Native Architecture

Baidu’s Aifanfan product migrated its entire suite to Kubernetes through a two‑phase, 11‑step process that standardized CI/CD, containerization, and traffic routing, enabling deployment of 200 + modules in under an hour, 99.99 % stability, cost‑effective operations, and laying groundwork for multi‑cluster, service‑mesh expansion.

CICDCloud NativeContainer Migration
0 likes · 12 min read
Enterprise Kubernetes Migration Practice: Baidu Aifanfan's Journey to Cloud-Native Architecture
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Dec 7, 2021 · Operations

Understanding Prometheus Agent Mode and Remote Write

This article explains the design, benefits, and practical usage of Prometheus' new Agent mode and remote‑write capabilities, covering its pull‑model origins, global‑view challenges, federation alternatives, and how the lightweight Agent improves efficiency and scalability for cloud‑native monitoring.

Prometheusagent moderemote_write
0 likes · 14 min read
Understanding Prometheus Agent Mode and Remote Write
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Dec 1, 2021 · Operations

Scalable High‑Availability Prometheus: Small‑Scale to Massive Deployments

This article explains how Prometheus’s local storage limits scalability and how Remote Storage, federation, and high‑availability setups—using dual instances, keepalived, and adapters with PostgreSQL + TimescaleDB—can overcome data persistence and performance challenges for both small‑scale and large‑scale monitoring environments.

FederationPrometheusRemote Storage
0 likes · 5 min read
Scalable High‑Availability Prometheus: Small‑Scale to Massive Deployments
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Nov 24, 2021 · Operations

Practical Prometheus in Kubernetes: Tips, Limits, and Scaling

This article shares practical experiences and best‑practice guidelines for deploying and operating Prometheus in Kubernetes, covering version selection, inherent limitations, exporter choices, metric design, multi‑cluster scraping, memory and storage planning, GPU monitoring, timezone handling, and alerting considerations.

ExportersGrafanaPrometheus
0 likes · 21 min read
Practical Prometheus in Kubernetes: Tips, Limits, and Scaling
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Nov 21, 2021 · Operations

Building a Scalable Prometheus Monitoring Stack with Thanos on Kubernetes

This article explains how to design and deploy a robust monitoring solution using Prometheus, Thanos, Pushgateway, and Alertmanager on Kubernetes, covering metric collection, naming conventions, query language, high‑availability strategies, and practical YAML configurations for a production‑grade observability platform.

AlertmanagerKubernetesPrometheus
0 likes · 20 min read
Building a Scalable Prometheus Monitoring Stack with Thanos on Kubernetes
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Nov 17, 2021 · Operations

Prometheus vs Zabbix: Which Monitoring Tool Fits Modern Cloud Environments?

This article compares Prometheus and Zabbix, covering their histories, architectures, data storage models, configuration complexity, community activity, and container support, to help you decide which monitoring solution best matches your operational needs in cloud and on‑premise environments.

PrometheusZabbix
0 likes · 9 min read
Prometheus vs Zabbix: Which Monitoring Tool Fits Modern Cloud Environments?
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Nov 16, 2021 · Operations

How to Build a Scalable Prometheus Monitoring System with Thanos on Kubernetes

This article explains why monitoring is essential for production stability, compares white‑box and black‑box approaches, and provides a step‑by‑step guide to deploying Prometheus, configuring scrape targets, using Pushgateway and Alertmanager, and scaling the solution with Thanos in a Kubernetes environment.

AlertmanagerObservabilityPrometheus
0 likes · 21 min read
How to Build a Scalable Prometheus Monitoring System with Thanos on Kubernetes
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Nov 12, 2021 · Operations

Performance Monitoring with JMeter, InfluxDB, Prometheus, and Grafana

This article explains how to set up end‑to‑end performance monitoring by sending JMeter metrics to InfluxDB via Backend Listener, visualizing them in Grafana, and similarly collecting system metrics with node_exporter and Prometheus, covering configuration, data storage, query examples, and practical visualization techniques.

GrafanaInfluxDBJMeter
0 likes · 16 min read
Performance Monitoring with JMeter, InfluxDB, Prometheus, and Grafana
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Nov 3, 2021 · Operations

How to Visualize JMeter Performance Data with Grafana, InfluxDB, and Prometheus

This article explains step‑by‑step how to collect JMeter test metrics via Backend Listener, store them in InfluxDB, and display real‑time performance charts—including TPS, response time, and error rates—in Grafana, while also covering node_exporter integration with Prometheus for system‑level monitoring.

GrafanaInfluxDBJMeter
0 likes · 15 min read
How to Visualize JMeter Performance Data with Grafana, InfluxDB, and Prometheus
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Nov 3, 2021 · Operations

Unlocking Smart Anomaly Detection in Alibaba Cloud Prometheus

This article explains the fundamentals of time‑series anomaly detection, the limitations of static threshold rules in open‑source Prometheus, and how Alibaba Cloud Prometheus introduces template‑based and smart detection operators to handle spikes, periodic patterns, and data quality issues in AIOps scenarios.

Cloud NativePrometheusSmart Operator
0 likes · 11 min read
Unlocking Smart Anomaly Detection in Alibaba Cloud Prometheus
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Oct 18, 2021 · Operations

Prometheus vs Zabbix: Which Monitoring Tool Wins for Modern Cloud Environments?

This article compares Prometheus and Zabbix, detailing their histories, architectures, data storage models, deployment complexity, community activity, and suitability for containerized versus traditional environments, helping readers decide which monitoring solution best fits their infrastructure needs.

PrometheusZabbixcloud-native
0 likes · 8 min read
Prometheus vs Zabbix: Which Monitoring Tool Wins for Modern Cloud Environments?
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Sep 27, 2021 · Operations

6 Powerful Alternatives to Prometheus for Kubernetes Monitoring

Monitoring ensures Kubernetes applications run smoothly, and while Prometheus is a popular open‑source solution, this article examines six viable alternatives—Grafana, cAdvisor, Fluentd, Jaeger, Telepresence, and Zabbix—detailing their key features, strengths, and use‑cases for effective cluster observability.

FluentdGrafanaKubernetes
0 likes · 10 min read
6 Powerful Alternatives to Prometheus for Kubernetes Monitoring
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 27, 2021 · Cloud Native

Why Loki Beats ELK for Kubernetes Logging: Architecture, Deployment, and Query Guide

This article explains the motivation behind choosing Loki over heavyweight ELK/EFK stacks for container‑cloud logging, outlines Loki's lightweight architecture and components, provides step‑by‑step deployment instructions on OpenShift/Kubernetes, and demonstrates how to query logs using the LogQL language and HTTP API.

Cloud NativeKubernetesLogQL
0 likes · 17 min read
Why Loki Beats ELK for Kubernetes Logging: Architecture, Deployment, and Query Guide
Top Architect
Top Architect
Sep 24, 2021 · Cloud Native

Loki Log System Overview, Architecture, and Deployment Guide

This article introduces Loki, a lightweight log aggregation system for Kubernetes, explains its background and motivations, details its simple architecture and core components (Distributor, Ingester, Querier), discusses scalability and storage options, and provides step‑by‑step deployment instructions with example YAML and shell commands.

Cloud NativeDeploymentKubernetes
0 likes · 16 min read
Loki Log System Overview, Architecture, and Deployment Guide
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Sep 20, 2021 · Operations

Why Loki Beats ELK for Kubernetes Logging: Architecture and Deployment Guide

This article explains the motivations behind choosing Loki over ELK for container‑cloud logging, details Loki's lightweight architecture—including Distributor, Ingester, and Querier components—covers deployment steps on OpenShift/Kubernetes with YAML manifests, and demonstrates LogQL query syntax for efficient log retrieval.

KubernetesLogQLLoki
0 likes · 18 min read
Why Loki Beats ELK for Kubernetes Logging: Architecture and Deployment Guide
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Sep 18, 2021 · Operations

Why Prometheus’s TSDB Makes Massive Monitoring Data Manageable

The article explains how Prometheus, a data‑driven monitoring system, handles massive time‑series data using its TSDB storage engine, detailing concepts, query examples, storage characteristics, indexing mechanisms, and the benefits of pre‑computing rules for efficient monitoring at scale.

PrometheusTSDBTime Series
0 likes · 8 min read
Why Prometheus’s TSDB Makes Massive Monitoring Data Manageable
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 15, 2021 · Cloud Native

Why Loki Beats ELK for Cloud‑Native Log Management

This article explains the motivations behind choosing Grafana Loki over traditional ELK/EFK stacks for container‑cloud logging, detailing its lightweight design, cost advantages, simple architecture, and how its components—Distributor, Ingester, and Querier—work together to provide scalable, efficient log aggregation and querying.

LokiPrometheuslog aggregation
0 likes · 8 min read
Why Loki Beats ELK for Cloud‑Native Log Management
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 5, 2021 · Operations

Why Prometheus’s TSDB Makes Monitoring Scalable: A Deep Dive

This article explains how Prometheus’s time‑series database handles massive monitoring data, illustrates practical query examples, and shows why its storage engine and pre‑computation features enable efficient, high‑performance observability for large‑scale services.

ObservabilityPrometheusTSDB
0 likes · 8 min read
Why Prometheus’s TSDB Makes Monitoring Scalable: A Deep Dive
Ops Development Stories
Ops Development Stories
Aug 27, 2021 · Operations

Inside Prometheus Alerting Rules: How They’re Managed and Executed

This article explains Prometheus' custom Rule system, detailing the structure and components of alerting rules, the rule manager's loading and updating process, group scheduling, evaluation cycles, and the logic for generating, updating, and sending alerts, enabling advanced monitoring extensions.

Alerting RulesGoPrometheus
0 likes · 21 min read
Inside Prometheus Alerting Rules: How They’re Managed and Executed
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Aug 26, 2021 · Cloud Native

Why Switch from Prometheus to Thanos? Boost Metric Retention & Cut Costs

This article explains the limitations of a traditional Prometheus‑based monitoring stack for Kubernetes, demonstrates how integrating Thanos improves metric retention, scalability, and storage cost, and provides a complete multi‑cluster deployment example with Terraform and Helm configurations.

Cloud NativeKubernetesObservability
0 likes · 15 min read
Why Switch from Prometheus to Thanos? Boost Metric Retention & Cut Costs
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Aug 24, 2021 · Operations

Why Prometheus Became the Leading Cloud‑Native Monitoring Solution

This article explains how Prometheus evolved from a Google internal project to a CNCF‑graduated, top‑ranked time‑series database and full‑stack monitoring ecosystem, detailing its history, core features, architecture, and the roles of its components such as Exporters, Pushgateway, Service Discovery, and Alertmanager.

PrometheusTime Series Databasecloud-native
0 likes · 19 min read
Why Prometheus Became the Leading Cloud‑Native Monitoring Solution
Java Architecture Diary
Java Architecture Diary
Aug 23, 2021 · Backend Development

Master Mica Microservice Suite: Versions, Prometheus Integration & Code Samples

This article introduces the Mica microservice component suite, outlines its latest versions and compatibility with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud, details recent updates—including Prometheus support, Swagger enhancements, and dependency upgrades—and provides Maven, Gradle, and configuration examples for integrating Mica-prometheus, alert webhooks, and custom event handling.

MicroservicesPrometheusspring-boot
0 likes · 6 min read
Master Mica Microservice Suite: Versions, Prometheus Integration & Code Samples
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 1, 2021 · Operations

Master Prometheus PQL: Essential Queries, Functions, and Tips

This article provides a comprehensive guide to Prometheus' PQL language, covering instant and range vectors, metric types, label selectors, offsets, arithmetic and logical operators, as well as a wide range of built‑in functions with practical code examples for effective monitoring.

MetricsPQLPrometheus
0 likes · 11 min read
Master Prometheus PQL: Essential Queries, Functions, and Tips
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jul 18, 2021 · Cloud Native

Boost Kubernetes Monitoring: Why Switch from Prometheus to Thanos

This article examines the limitations of a traditional Prometheus monitoring stack on Kubernetes, explains how adopting a Thanos‑based architecture improves metric retention and reduces infrastructure costs, and provides a detailed multi‑cluster deployment guide with Terraform, code snippets, and visualizations.

KubernetesPrometheusTerraform
0 likes · 15 min read
Boost Kubernetes Monitoring: Why Switch from Prometheus to Thanos
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Jul 1, 2021 · Operations

Why Loki Beats Elasticsearch: Low Index Overhead, Fast Queries, and Easy Setup

This article explains Loki's advantages over Elasticsearch, including low indexing overhead, concurrent query processing with caching, seamless integration with Prometheus and Grafana, detailed architecture components, installation steps, label handling, high‑cardinality challenges, and best practices for efficient log management.

ElasticsearchGrafanaLoki
0 likes · 15 min read
Why Loki Beats Elasticsearch: Low Index Overhead, Fast Queries, and Easy Setup
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Jun 27, 2021 · Big Data

Practical Experience in Operating NetEase's Big Data Platform: Architecture, EasyOps, Monitoring, and Optimization

This presentation by NetEase senior SRE Jin Chuan details the current state of NetEase's big data platform, introduces the internally built EasyOps management system, explains a generic Ansible‑based operation framework, describes Prometheus/Grafana monitoring and alerting, and shares practical lessons on network, storage, and cloud migration for large‑scale Hadoop services.

AnsiblePrometheusSRE
0 likes · 10 min read
Practical Experience in Operating NetEase's Big Data Platform: Architecture, EasyOps, Monitoring, and Optimization
Code Ape Tech Column
Code Ape Tech Column
Jun 19, 2021 · Operations

Master Prometheus: From Installation to Advanced Monitoring with Grafana

This comprehensive guide walks you through Prometheus' origins, core features, installation methods, configuration files, PromQL basics, exporter setup, Grafana integration, alerting with Alertmanager, and advanced topics like service discovery, providing a complete roadmap for building a production‑grade monitoring system.

AlertmanagerDockerGrafana
0 likes · 34 min read
Master Prometheus: From Installation to Advanced Monitoring with Grafana
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Jun 13, 2021 · Operations

How to Build a High‑Availability Prometheus Setup Using Federation and Multi‑Remote‑Read

This article examines common misuse of Prometheus federation, explains its limitations, and presents a pure‑Prometheus solution using multi_remote_read to achieve high‑availability monitoring, including configuration examples, code analysis, and best‑practice recommendations for proper data aggregation and query merging.

FederationPrometheusmulti_remote_read
0 likes · 11 min read
How to Build a High‑Availability Prometheus Setup Using Federation and Multi‑Remote‑Read
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 6, 2021 · Databases

How We Built a Scalable Database Monitoring System for Real‑Time Alerts

This article details the design and implementation of a comprehensive database monitoring platform that automatically adapts to cluster changes, aggregates host and DB metrics, offers flexible alert templates and strategies, stores data in InfluxDB, and provides customizable dashboards for real‑time insight and incident response.

AlertingDatabase MonitoringInfluxDB
0 likes · 12 min read
How We Built a Scalable Database Monitoring System for Real‑Time Alerts
Big Data Technology Architecture
Big Data Technology Architecture
Jun 2, 2021 · Big Data

Practical Operations of NetEase Big Data Platform: Architecture, EasyOps, Monitoring, and Experience Sharing

The presentation details NetEase's big data platform operations, covering current usage, the internally built EasyOps control system, a generic service‑operation framework based on Ansible, Prometheus‑Grafana monitoring, configuration management, network and storage optimizations, and lessons learned from cloud migration.

AnsibleBig DataEasyOps
0 likes · 9 min read
Practical Operations of NetEase Big Data Platform: Architecture, EasyOps, Monitoring, and Experience Sharing
TAL Education Technology
TAL Education Technology
May 27, 2021 · Big Data

Big Data Monitoring System: Architecture, Basic and Advanced Monitoring, and Alert Convergence & Grading

This article outlines the challenges of operating petabyte‑scale big‑data clusters and presents a comprehensive monitoring framework—including basic and upgraded monitoring layers, metric collection, alerting pipelines, and strategies for alarm convergence and grading—to ensure reliable, proactive SRE operations.

AlertingGrafanaOperations
0 likes · 12 min read
Big Data Monitoring System: Architecture, Basic and Advanced Monitoring, and Alert Convergence & Grading
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
May 18, 2021 · Operations

Mastering End‑to‑End Monitoring: From Purpose to Prometheus Implementation

This guide explains why monitoring is essential throughout a product lifecycle, outlines monitoring modes and methods, compares health checks, logs, tracing and metric solutions, and provides a detailed Prometheus‑based monitoring architecture with concrete metric definitions, alerting rules, and incident‑response procedures.

AlertingMetricsOperations
0 likes · 25 min read
Mastering End‑to‑End Monitoring: From Purpose to Prometheus Implementation
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
May 6, 2021 · Cloud Native

Why Loki Beats ELK for Cloud‑Native Log Management

This article explains how Loki, a lightweight, Prometheus‑compatible logging system, addresses the high resource cost, complexity, and operational overhead of traditional ELK/EFK stacks by using label‑based indexing, efficient compression, and scalable architecture for container‑cloud environments.

Cloud NativeELK alternativeLog Management
0 likes · 7 min read
Why Loki Beats ELK for Cloud‑Native Log Management
Big Data Technology & Architecture
Big Data Technology & Architecture
Apr 26, 2021 · Operations

Comprehensive Guide to Prometheus: Installation, Configuration, PromQL, Exporters, Grafana, and Alerting

This article provides a complete tutorial on Prometheus, covering its origins, core features, installation methods (binary and Docker), configuration file structure, PromQL basics, HTTP API usage, Grafana integration, various exporters for metrics collection, and alerting with Alertmanager, all within a cloud‑native monitoring context.

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Comprehensive Guide to Prometheus: Installation, Configuration, PromQL, Exporters, Grafana, and Alerting