Discovering write latency problems with ESX datastores

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

Our digs here at LogicMonitor are cozy. Being adjacent to sales, I get to hear our sales engineers work with new customers, and it’s not uncommon that a new customer gets a rude awakening when they first install LogicMonitor. Immediately, LogicMonitor starts showing warnings and alerts.  ”Can this be right ...

Was the San Diego VMUG Half-empty or Half-full? VMware Users and Survey Says…

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Well it actually turns out it was completely full.  When MSPmentor picked up the story about LogicMonitor going to the San Diego VMUG to talk virtualization monitoring, they chose a photo of a surfer riding a giant wave to accompany the article. We thought it was in reference to San ...

The value of IPMI monitoring

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Amongst its many monitoring methods, LogicMonitor supports IPMI.  Many people aren't aware of IPMI, and don't think  it's necessary. And while I'm certainly an advocate of avoiding unnecessary complexity in a data center, sometimes it is good to wear both a belt and suspenders. A real life example from one of our own ...