April 2015 Summaries

In late 2014, Datadog introduced Availability Monitoring to monitor hosts, applications, and services, allowing customization of alerts for availability issues. A major update now enables setting alerts when a percentage of servers in a cluster experience availability problems. This feature is particularly useful for cloud-based applications where the focus is on overall application or service availability rather than individual server statuses. Datadog allows users to set two types of alerts: Warning and Critical, and monitor by various groupings such as availability zone, environment, roles, etc., with different alert threshold percentages specified for each grouping.

Datadog has announced an update to its availability monitoring feature, allowing users to set alerts that trigger when a percentage of servers in a given cluster experience availability issues. This new feature aims to provide more effective monitoring for cloud-based applications by cutting through the noise and tracking down real issues. Users can now set two types of alerts: Warning and Critical, with customizable thresholds based on their specific needs. The feature also allows users to group their alerts by various criteria such as availability zone, environment, roles, and other groupings, providing more targeted visibility into their applications and infrastructure. This update is available after introducing the Datadog Agent on hosts, and users can try it out with a free 14-day trial.

mParticle, a mobile technology company, offers a streamlined approach for app developers to integrate with mobile services by centralizing first-party app data collection through a lightweight SDK, enhancing app stability and security. By collaborating with Datadog, mParticle allows developers to monitor detailed run-time performance data such as CPU load, memory usage, battery levels, and network latency in real-time, with metrics broken down by technographic details like OS and device model. It also forwards app crashes to Datadog for aggregation and analysis, enabling developers to correlate mobile user activity with other infrastructure data. Both companies offer free trials for potential users to explore their services, facilitating seamless tracking of app performance metrics.

The new Campfire integration by Datadog allows teams to share information and resolve performance issues quickly through their chat rooms. By mentioning @campfire-room_name in Datadog, users can send alerts or share graphs and comments with the team. This helps keep everyone updated on performance problems and enables sharing of Datadog graphs for better understanding. Automatic alert sending to Campfire is also possible by adding the chat room to the notification list of any alert or mentioning it in the body of the alert message.

Datadog has introduced a new integration with Campfire, allowing users to share information and collaborate on performance issues in real-time. The integration enables teams to receive Datadog alerts and events directly in their Campfire chat rooms, keeping everyone informed about performance problems. With the integration, team members can also share graphs and comments with each other, ensuring that everyone is up-to-date on the latest developments. Additionally, Datadog will automatically send notifications to Campfire when an alert triggers, allowing teams to discuss issues immediately. The integration is available for free for 14 days, making it a convenient solution for teams looking to improve their incident response and collaboration.

Datadog has integrated with ChatWork to enhance collaboration and real-time communication among teams working on performance issues, bugs, and updates. The integration allows users to automatically update their team members about latest events and metrics from across the environment by mentioning @chatwork-room_name in the Events Stream. Alerts can be sent directly to ChatWork chat rooms, ensuring that all relevant members are notified when an alert triggers. Additionally, ChatWork's search function enables users to track past issues and events easily. Both Datadog customers and ChatWork users can benefit from this integration by signing up for a 14-day free trial or setting it up in minutes, respectively.

Quentin Madec from Datadog is pleased to announce the new integration with ChatWork, a collaboration tool designed to facilitate real-time communication and task management among team members. The integration enables teams to easily share performance metrics and alerts in real-time, keeping everyone up-to-date on production issues and ensuring seamless collaboration. With the integration, users can send Datadog alerts directly to ChatWork, track issues using ChatWork's text search function, and keep their team informed about performance metrics across their environment. By enabling effortless sharing of alerts and performance metrics, this integration aims to boost productivity and efficiency among teams.

Riak CS is an open-source object storage solution designed as a substitute for Amazon S3, offering efficient management and access to unstructured data. It is built on top of Riak, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, ease of operations, and massive scalability. Datadog now supports performance and availability monitoring for Riak CS, allowing users to monitor metrics such as operation rates and latencies at different levels. Custom alerts can be set up based on these metrics to ensure infrastructure issues are addressed before affecting users. The integration setup is quick and straightforward, with a 14-day free trial available for new customers.

Datadog has integrated support for monitoring performance and availability metrics of Riak CS, a software-defined object storage solution. The integration provides real-time visibility into key metrics such as operations rates and latencies at block, object, and bucket levels. Additionally, Datadog can assess the availability of each Riak CS host in your cluster and trigger custom alerts for infrastructure issues before users are affected. With this integration, users can gain deeper insights into their Riak CS environment and optimize its performance and reliability. The integration is available to both existing and new customers of Datadog, with setup taking approximately 60 seconds.