Monitoring
SMART goals: What they are and how to apply them in IT projects
Content: What are SMART goals and why are they important in IT? Breakdown of SMART Goals into IT Projects Practical Examples of SMART Goals in IT Benefits of SMART Goals Disadvantages or, Rather, Considerations about SMART Goals And there are not only SMART goals...
Let’s talk about the BGP protocol and its monitoring
BGP Protocol: Relevance, Basic Concepts and Monitoring The BGP protocol has become a fundamental part of the operation and performance of the Internet. Therefore, it is obvious that we should undertake the BGP monitoring process when monitoring...
What is a patch? From one-eyed accessory to program improvement
What is a patch? the perfect tool for mending programs If anyone asks: what is a patch? we have to abandon the semantic field of piracy and go to serious and technical things, so to speak. What is a patch? Until a little while ago, a patch was...
Monitor-oriented Docker Bench for Security
Docker Bench for security with Pandora FMS Although the main purpose of Pandora FMS is to monitor: its flexibility allows us to extend it as far as we need it. That's why we now bring you Security with Docker Bench and suggest some ideas to use...
What is edge computing?
What is edge computing? Why will we need it in the future? What is edge computing? Do you really want to know? The story of edge computing reminds us how things used to be and how they will be in the future, similar but different. Would you like...
Network Emulation. Bringing real-world conditions to the test environment
Network emulation: the problem of configuration factors The Network Emulation is a relevant technology when making tests related to the behaviour of our platform. Let's look at these situations: We have developed a new application and wondered...
Fourteen Free SQL Software Tools
Free SQL Software Tools Our databases are the ones that keep the Internet alive. There has even been talk for some years about the development of operating systems with which users do not have direct contact with the files, but their personal...
Why does CUBIC take us back to TCP congestion control?
TCP Congestion Control: basic outline and TCP CUBIC algorithm TCP congestion control is a fundamental part of this protocol and over the years has undergone a process of constant improvement through the generation of different versions, such as...
8 server types you should know about
Server types; Let’s have a look at some of them and their functions How many server types are out there? The answer to this question, like so many others, is: "It depends". Since there can be as many types of server as a company needs, and...
CIO and CTO challenges over the next few years
CIO and CTO Challenges; 7 Challenges for the Present and the Future The IT environment is always changing and some management positions, such as CIOs and CTOs are continually in the eye of the hurricane. The complexity of this type of job is no...
Comparison: OpenNMS vs Zabbix vs Pandora FMS
OpenNMS vs Zabbix vs Pandora FMS. Here we go! Today we bring you a comparison: OpenNMS vs Zabbix vs Pandora FMS. Three titans of open-source software, without a doubt. We will see its main features and we will talk about the business model of...
Pandora FMS as an alternative to Percona PMM
Alternativa a Percona PMM: Pandora FMS En una oportunidad anterior uno de nuestros colegas publicó un buen artículo sobre el Servidor Percona, sustantivo común para identificar esta base de datos. Pero Percona en realidad es una empresa, fundada...
Do you really know what a network is? Learn all about it and improve its security
Network security. What does this actually mean? Learn all about it Today, we live in a world in which, the use of new technology is greatly enhancing the ability to communicate with each other. The Internet has been globalized very fast and...
Network traffic analysis: from packet analysis to flow analysis
Network traffic analysis as a foundation for monitoring Monitoring has always relied on both network administration and network traffic analysis. Both fields provide ways to obtain data that allows us to obtain information about the general...
Hyperconvergence: Nutanix and VMware
Good stories are always told from the beginning and so this duel between Nutanix and VMware is no exception, we must start from the basic concepts behind these solutions. Contenido: Convergence: the beginning of everything Nutanix VS VMware,...
What is the BIOS? What is the UEFI?
Content: In what ways are they different? What is the BIOS? What is the UEFI? Pandora FMS In what ways are they different? What is the BIOS? Could you explain it? What about the UEFI? They are not the names of two comic brothers, but two...
SNMP monitoring: Tips to use the Simple Network Management Protocol
SNMP protocol, whose first version was officially released on 1990 and means Simple Network Management Protocol, is the easiest and simplest way a sysadmin has in order to manage and diagnose problems inside his network devices. Let's see what...
IPAM. What is it? The major breakthrough of Pandora FMS Release 731
What is IPAM? Find out what it means for you and Pandora FMS Today we will take a tour of the most technical Pandora FMS. For some people, it can be a challenge. Although the IPAM extension already existed in Pandora FMS world, in release 731...
Do you know how to work a Linux Command Terminal?
Command terminal: How to do more in less time! Something that the Linux kernel inherited was the command line interface (shell): in Unix® it was called Bourne Shell (written by Mr. Stephen Bourne) and it is called Bash which stands for the...
VXLANs: Applying Virtualization to Networks.
VXLAN Network: a network between virtual machines, wherever they are The development of VXLAN technology or extensible virtual networks is usually associated with the implementation of service provider company platforms. However, the fundamental...
What is websocket? That’s the question
Many of you will have heard about this new component in HTML5, but, even so, you don't understand how to work with websockets. Content: What is websocket? Computer-to-Computer Dialog If I've seen you I don't remember What is websocket, then? Do...