Using AWK and SED for viewing logs
When saving logs I like to have as verbose data as possible to be stored. However when viewing a log I may only be looking at specific parts of that log. Another concern is if I need to give my logs to...
View ArticleBig Data—What Does it Mean for the Database Professional
In the fifteen plus years that I have in worked in information technology organizations, there has been a lot of change. From Unix to Linux, the evolution of Windows based operating systems, and the...
View ArticleMonitoring Critical Apps on Saturated Circuits
It's 2014 and simple bandwidth saturation continues to be one of the most common network problems. Every time we make advances in data transit rates, we seem to find new ways to use more bandwidth....
View ArticleDPI - A True Love Story
Esteemed Geek Speak readers - Recently, a valued customer shared the following story with us. We thought it was so good, we wanted to share. They asked to remain anonymous but the story remains the...
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File/Folder Synchronization, Task Automation, Backup and much more
In my many chats with customers, I’ve found they didn’t know we have tools that allow them to synchronize files across servers automatically – and we give it away forFREE!Some history here, when we...
View ArticleOnline logging
There are a number of companies doing log analysis in 'the cloud' - What do people think of the security implications of this? Your logs that are uploaded are generally inside some sort of private...
View ArticleThe Importance of Standards
Throughout my career I have worked on a number of projects where standards where minimal. You have seen this type of shop—the servers may be named after superheros or rock bands. When the company has...
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VIRTUALIZATION MANAGER 6.2 BETA 1
The team at Solarwinds has been hard at work at producing the next release of Virtualization Manager with some great new features. It is my pleasure to announce Virtualization Manager 6.2 Beta which is...
View ArticleHelp Desk Horror Stories
It was a dark and stormy day. The kind of day you just knew something bad—no, something evil—was going to happen. That’s when the help desk ticket came in. There was something different about this one,...
View ArticleIT Tickets from Hell
Happy Halloween! We are excited to share with you a new series hot off the press from the amazing SolarWinds video team. I present to you, IT Tickets from Hell.IT Tickets from Hell: Bug...
View ArticleLog aggregation
Way back in the past I used to view logs after an event has happened. This was painfully slow, especially when viewing the logs of many systems at the same time. Recently I've been a big fan of log...
View ArticleHigh CPU on a Database Server—Should You Be Concerned?
Back when I used to be an on-call DBA, I got paged one morning for a database server having high CPU utilization. After I punched the guy who setup that alert, I brought it up in a team meeting—is this...
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All New AppStack Environment View and an Opportunity to Earn $100.00 Plus...
If you frequent the various product and geek speak blogs here on Thwack, you've likely at one time or another stumbled upon some reference, and possibly sneak peek glimpses, into what has...
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thwack Monthly Mission - November 2014
Happy November to ya! I hope you all enjoyed that extra hour last night. I mean, unless you're in Arizona (go Sun Devil's! 7-1) or somewhere in Hawaii... and in that case, you still win. In other...
View ArticleMetrics: Why the Support Center Manager Looks Confused, and Why That Should Stop
Metrics and measurements are incredibly important to businesses these days. Every second matters, and every dollar matters. Metrics have always been a topic of discussion, debate, frustration and...
View ArticleHow Do You Keep an up-to-Date Inventory of Your Server Hardware?
We know there are many organizations out there who do no asset inventory at all, maybe short of slapping an organizational serial number tag on the notebook and noting where it went. But...
View Article[Survey] How do you (use) thwack?
Dear thwackPack, thwacksters, "The Informed"... I come to you asking a favor. A favor that only you can help with. The thwack team is embarking on a mission with our wonderful User Experience team...
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IT Blogger Spotlight: Scott McDermott of Mostly Networks
This month’s installment of our IT blogger spotlight series shines on Scott McDermott, who runs Mostly Networks. Scott can also be followed on Twitter, where he goes by @scottm32768. Check out the...
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Deep Packet Analysis - Practical applications with tcpdump
Well hello there, returning like a bad penny, I am here to talk again about Deep Packet Analysis. In my last series of blogs I talked about the use-cases for Deep Packet Analysis but conspicuous by...
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Unperceived Existence of Collected Data
Can something exist without being perceived?No, this blog hasn't taken a turn into the maddening world of metaphysics. Not yet. I'm talking about event and performance logging, naturally. In the...
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