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Many modern storage systems, virtualization platforms, and cloud services expose their telemetry through REST APIs rather than traditional monitoring protocols. Discover why REST APIs are becoming essential for infrastructure monitoring.
Learn how SNMP works, what devices it can monitor, and how MetricsHub simplifies SNMP data collection for modern observability.
Learn why most system dashboards fail in real-world operations and how our system dashboards for Grafana deliver clear, decision-ready visibility across Windows, Linux, AIX, and HP-UX systems.
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All 25 Published Blog Posts
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Why REST APIs Are Becoming Essential for Infrastructure Monitoring
Many modern storage systems, virtualization platforms, and cloud services expose their telemetry through REST APIs rather than traditional monitoring protocols. Discover why REST APIs are becoming essential for infrastructure monitoring.
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SNMP Monitoring Explained: From Devices to Observability Platforms
Learn how SNMP works, what devices it can monitor, and how MetricsHub simplifies SNMP data collection for modern observability.
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The System Dashboard That Actually Works Across Your Entire Fleet
Learn why most system dashboards fail in real-world operations and how our system dashboards for Grafana deliver clear, decision-ready visibility across Windows, Linux, AIX, and HP-UX systems.
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Auto-Provisioning of the Monitoring with BMC Helix
Learn how to automatically configure resource monitoring using Apache Velocity and BMC Helix Discovery.
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Meet M8B: A Virtual Assistant for Sys Admin Teams
Ever wished for a grumpy but brilliant sysadmin intern? We built one. Discover how M8B, powered by MetricsHub® and AI, helps IT teams tackle issues fast.
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Building MetricsHub Community from Source
From setup to Prometheus integration, learn how to build MetricsHub Community from source, benefit from expert tips, avoid pitfalls, and make it your own.
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Gartner® Recognizes MetricsHub for Robust and Scalable Metric Collection
We are proud to announce that MetricsHub has been mentioned in the latest Gartner® research titled “Assessing OpenTelemetry for Enterprise Observability”. Gartner highlights MetricsHub as “a robust and scalable mechanism for collecting and standardizing infrastructure metrics with OTLP”.
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MetricsHub Achieves 15% Electricity Savings in Data Center through Temperature Optimization
MetricsHub successfully reduced its data center's electricity consumption by 15% while also lowering carbon emissions.
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How We Achieved 100% Monitoring Coverage in Grafana Using MetricsHub
Over 80 systems from 20 different vendors monitored in one unique console!
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5 Reasons We Chose OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib for MetricsHub
A strategic choice for flexible, scalable, and community-driven observability
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A Journey into OpenTelemetry: Building the BMC Helix Exporter
Discover how a simple idea grew into a powerful OpenTelemetry Collector component that connects observability pipelines to BMC Helix Operations Management.
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How Many Systems Can a Single MetricsHub Agent Monitor?
To give our users a solid answer backed by real data, we recently conducted an in-depth load testing experiment using server emulation and real-world lab systems. Hear what we did, what we learned, and how to interpret findings.
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MetricsHub's Detection Mechanism Explained
How MetricsHub detects HP ProLiant servers, Brocade SAN switches, or any other system for monitoring purposes.
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Why MetricsHub® is built-on OpenTelemetry
Our mission to reinvent IT infrastructure monitoring led us to build MetricsHub on OpenTelemetry. Learn how the team behind it embraced this open-source standard to deliver a modern, scalable, and fully interoperable solution.
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Oops, No Hardware Monitoring?
In the world of IT infrastructure monitoring, hardware monitoring is often the unsung hero. We monitor systems, databases, and applications, and implement extremely sophisticated solutions, only to realize we’ve overlooked something essential: hardware monitoring.
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Six Initiatives to Improve IT Sustainability
Regulation bodies are increasing pressure on companies to address their environmental impact. Organizations succeeding in reporting and reducing their carbon footprint will gain a competitive advantage.
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Bridging Observability Gaps with MetricsHub & OpenTelemetry
As AI advances, companies rethink on-prem infrastructure. Observability platforms focus on cloud but overlook on-prem, causing 40% of downtime. OpenTelemetry bridges this gap, ensuring visibility across cloud and on-prem systems.
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Everything You Need to Know About MetricsHub
This Q&A dives into MetricsHub’s unique features, capabilities, and benefits, answering the most frequently asked questions to help you understand why it’s the ideal solution for your observability needs.
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How Much Do Hardware Failures Really Impact Your Uptime?
Hardware failures aren't just about MTTF, AFR, or downtime—they can seriously undermine service availability without proper monitoring. The numbers don’t lie. Take a look.
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MetricsHub® Enterprise: Insights from the Team Behind the Innovation
Join us as we dive into the key moments of this project and hear from Nassim, the Software Architect behind the solution, about the challenges and breakthroughs that led us here.
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The Heartbeats of the Digital World E03: Layers of Monitoring
In this third episode, Alex and James explore the critical differences between hardware and operating system monitoring in data centers. Their discussion highlights the importance of proactive monitoring and introduces MetricsHub as a potential integrated solution for managing diverse monitoring tasks.
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The Heartbeats of the Digital World E02: No Heartbeats? The Five Culprits
Alex and James were sitting in a cozy corner of a bustling café, their laptops open, but their conversation was far from ordinary. James, a newcomer to the IT world, was eager to learn from his friend Alex, an experienced data center specialist.
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The Heartbeats of the Digital World E01: Tales from the Data Center Trenches
Follow Alex, an experienced data center technician, as he navigates through his day-to-day challenges in preventing hardware failures. Learn about the various challenges he faces, his successes, and his insights gained in his ongoing effort to maintain digital operations' seamless flow.
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Exploring the Landscape of Observability: OpenTelemetry, MetricsHub, and More
OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana Alloy, Loki, and other big names in observability can seem daunting to newcomers. This article demystifies the observability landscape, explains MetricsHub's role in the OpenTelemetry ecosystem, and explores its integration with other components.
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Unlocking Innovation: Why MetricsHub Embraced Open Source
Bertrand Martin talks about open-sourcing MetricsHub®, the new generation of the company's monitoring solution for datacenters.
· 4 min read