Website performance depends on a number of external factors such as network latency, server load and the use of a CDN. A good metric of a website’s performance is Response Time, which measures how quickly a web server is able to respond back to a client’s request for a web…
In a MongoDB sharded cluster, it is recommended to run mongos locally within the application to avoid network overhead that can slow down database queries. But how does this fit into a decentralized architecture that most enterprises are shifting towards and more importantly, how does this recommended model fit within…
ThousandEyes is a network monitoring platform that provides deep insights and visibility into applications and networks in the cloud. Global Fortune 500 companies rely on ThousandEyes to monitor their business critical services. It’s absolutely mandatory for us to adhere to a high level of service availability, so our customers can…
Aggregation pipelines in MongoDB can get very complex very quickly. But they provide a much more flexible query interface than simple “find” queries and often allow you to leverage data locality by moving much of your data processing to Mongo itself. In this blog post, we will discuss the decision…
Shoelaces is a tool that provides the glue for the unmanned bootstrapping of a server using a lightweight mechanism. That means you can boot a remote server either manually or automatically without local assistance. Here at ThousandEyes, we have been using Shoelaces for almost two years now as a key…