Understanding AWS CloudWatch and Datadog measurements
Recently a customer asked why the network metrics produced in Datadog looked to be off by a factor of 2 from the network metrics as… read more
Monitoring JMX Metrics with Datadog
When you need to monitor Java applications like Tomcat or Cassandra, JMX is the gatekeeper to performance metrics. Extracting metrics from JMX is often a… read more
More metrics, more visibility with the new Datadog agent
Today, we’re pleased to announce the release of the new Datadog agent (dd-agent 4.0.0). Aside from making available new integrations to PostFix and Couchbase, we’ve… read more
AWS re:Invent talk: Instrumenting application stacks in a dynamically scaling environment
We spent an eye-opening week at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas last month: meeting cutting edge AWS users, speaking with the Amazon team, and our… read more
Your entire AWS infrastructure’s health at a glance
At AWS re:Invent earlier this month, we repeatedly heard from AWS users how challenging it was to quickly assess the health of their entire Amazon… read more
AWS re:Invent 2013 highlights
Earlier this month, we had a big presence at AWS re:Invent 2013 to show off Datadog and meet as many customers as we could. If… read more
PyData Talk – Building High-Volume Data Systems in the Python Ecosystem
Earlier this month, Datadog’s Matt Perpick presented Building High-Volume Data Systems in the Python Ecosystem at PyData 2013 in New York. This talk goes through… read more
Key AWS ELB Monitoring Metrics
You can never have too much monitoring… Especially when it comes to (Elastic) Load Balancers. As the first gateway between your customers and your online… read more
Collaborative Bug Fixing with Datadog’s Sentry Integration
Error monitoring and tracking are essential for identifying issues in software development and fixing bugs. For uncommon, host specific problems in particular, the ability to… read more
Velocity Interview with Datadog’s CTO, Alexis Lê-Quôc
We had an interesting time at Velocity 2013 in New York City last week: meeting cutting edge developers, architects and system administrators as well as speaking… read more