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Monitoring and Alerting

Posted on June 30, 2016 by way0utwest

Monitoring your systems is important. It’s not just me that thinks so, as plenty of experienced DBAs and developers know the value of monitoring. Heck, most people have learned to build some sort of metric collection into their software. Azure … Continue reading →

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Gauges and Alarms

Posted on August 8, 2015 by way0utwest

I was looking through the news this week and found a piece by Michael J. Swart that I really enjoyed. It talks about different types of metrics that he has used when monitoring and alerting on his database servers. Michaal talks about … Continue reading →

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Finding Production Drift

Posted on June 2, 2015 by way0utwest

A few years ago when I started delivering presentations about automating database delivery with Grant Fritchey, I was surprised by something. We were rehearsing a talk and Grant mentioned that there were really only two places where we knew the … Continue reading →

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Awareness

Posted on May 18, 2015 by way0utwest

How often have you been caught off guard by some issue with one of your databases? I would guess most people have received a phone call, email, or trouble ticket that alerts them to the fact that something has gone … Continue reading →

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