The Decomposable Monolith: Long Live the Monolith, Long Live Services!
This is an idea I’ve been kicking around for a little while, and I’m curious what others think about it. Everyone seems to be talking about microservices these days, but in most projects there is a transition point from monolith to...
Monitoring OpenWRT with Telegraf
What’s the most popular open source router software in the world? OpenWRT, of course! It’s the go-to firmware replacement for a huge number of routers both for home and business use. So of course, you need to monitor it! Now routers...
Jax | "Starting a virtual machine is more expensive than starting a container, timewise"
Publication: Jax (jaxenter.com) Title: “Starting a virtual machine is more expensive than starting a container, timewise” Author: Hartmut Schlosser Abstract: In this Jax article, Hartmut Schlosser interviews Gianluca Arbezzano, Software Engineer at InfluxData, about his firsthand experience with Docker, the reasons for...
MySQL Metrics that Matter
Maybe you remember Bloggernot the actual business website that looks functional and designedbut my hobby project, the perfect combination of malfunctions and inefficiency that requires monitoring at all times. Blogger can’t be trusted. See my first post on it here. ...
Release Announcement: Telegraf 1.5.0
A new feature bearing release for Telegraf is now available: Telegraf 1.5.0 -- release notes Many thanks to all the community members who contributed to this effort!! Key feature highlights from the release include 15 new plugins: New Input Plugins: Bond -- captures...
A Twitter Chat on IoT and Data
Yesterday (that would be 12/14/2017) I participated in a live Twitter Chat hosted by @rackspace that they call #cloudchat. Apparently this is a regular event that they host, but this latest one was focused specifically on the Internet Of Things, which...
DevOps.com | How Data Drives the Business of a Clean Energy Company
Publication: DevOps.com Title: How Data Drives the Business of a Clean Energy Company Author: Mark Herring Abstract: In this DevOps.com article, InfluxData CMO Mark Herring discusses how BBOXXa new generation utility company that develops clean renewable solar energy products for developing...
SD Times | InfluxData becomes a member of the Eclipse Foundation
Publication: SD Times Title: InfluxData becomes a member of the Eclipse Foundation Author: Jenna Sargent Abstract: Jenna Sargent, in this SD Times news digest dated 14 December 2017, covers InfluxData’s announcement about becoming a member of the Eclipse Foundation and the Eclipse...
Internet of Business | IoT time series data is 'of the hour', says InfluxData
Publication: Internet of Business Title: IoT time series data is ‘of the hour’, says InfluxData Author: Adrian Bridgwater Abstract: This Internet of Business article by Adrian Bridgwater addresses the relevance of time series data to IoT deployments and real-time monitoring. Bridgwater offers...
Architecting IoT Gateway Devices for Data Downsampling
There are all sorts of ways to architect your IoT Data Deployment, and what’s right for one enterprise will not necessarily be right for another. Depending on the size and complexity of your IoT project , there can be, of course, a...