[LRUG] [Help] Alternatives to NewRelic

[Kasper Grubbe]

We are going to switch away from NewRelic I think. We are moving to having
smaller containers and their model where you pay for each host doesn't
really fit into that model.

I really like NewRelic, and we have been with them for years, and we have
made them aware of our thoughts on multiple occasions, but not much seems
to change.

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On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Sam Phillips <sam at samsworldofno.com>
wrote:

> If you can, I'd say try to avoid this.
>
> We've done loads of optimisation work guided by New Relic over the past
> couple of years. You want the data retention so you have a decent baseline.
> If you notice a new perf issue, you'll likely have already lost the data
> that indicated when it started if you've only got the last 30 minutes.
>
> Sam
>
> On 28 May 2015 at 22:38, Andi Studer <andi.studer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd use the New Relic free tier, and upgrade whenever you have some
>> specific performance related work to do.
>>
>> On 28 May 2015 at 22:00, Glenn Gillen <glenn at rubypond.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Have you spoken to New Relic? They used to discount pretty heavily if
>>> you were willing to sign up to a 12 month commitment.
>>>
>>> -
>>> Glenn
>>>
>>> On Thursday, 28 May 2015 at 11:03 pm, Seb Jacobs <
>>> seb.jacobs at futurelearn.com>, wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> At FutureLearn we have been using NewRelic since before we launched
>>>> back in October 2013,
>>>> however it's getting to the point where we can no longer justify paying
>>>> for NewRelic.
>>>>
>>>> * What do we currently use NewRelic for? *
>>>>
>>>> + Identifying slow controller actions/SQL queries
>>>> + Monitoring slow background jobs
>>>> + Identifying deployments which may have effected specific page
>>>> generation times.
>>>> + Monitoring page generation times
>>>> + Monitoring page load times
>>>> + Monitoring general throughput and servers (used for Capacity planning)
>>>>
>>>> I am currently in the process of evaluating alternative services to
>>>> NewRelic, and although in theory a combination of services such as
>>>> AppSignal, Skylight.io and ServerDensity might be able to meet the more
>>>> general use cases I have been unable to find any which feel quite right.
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if any fellow LRUGers have come across any
>>>> NewRelic-like services which fit these particular needs, and work out
>>>> cheaper overall.
>>>>
>>>> It might be worth noting that we are currently hesitant to go down the
>>>> path of reducing the number of instances running NewRelic as this will make
>>>> our infrastructure considerably more complicated to manage.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Seb Jacobs
>>>> Web Developer
>>>> FutureLearn
>>>> E: seb.jacobs at futurelearn.com <james.coglan at futurelearn.com>
>>>>
>>>> Follow us @FutureLearn
>>>> www.futurelearn.com
>>>>
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