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I have been thinking about why a compass feels so fitting for observability. Monitoring can produce thousands of signals, but more signals do not automatically create greater clarity. Without context and interpretation, we can have plenty of information but still lack a clear sense of direction. A compass does not choose…
Following on from my recent SolarWinds dashboard series, I have been experimenting with another way to represent live operational evidence. This one is called Service Interface Flow: The dashboard is rendered directly inside SolarWinds using SQL-generated HTML, CSS, and inline SVG over live Orion interface data. Each…
I love this design so much that I wanted to share it here. I’ve been experimenting with how far i can push SolarWinds dashboards beyond traditional monitoring views: A SolarWinds-inspired World Tour Dashboard: For anyone curious, this is built directly inside SolarWinds HCO using SQL-driven HTML/CSS over Orion data. The…
When I posted the first dashboard after the SolarWinds World Tour, I did not originally plan for it to become a full series. It started as a bit of fun: a chance to showcase how far the SolarWinds dashboard layer could be pushed beyond the standard widgets. But as the series developed, a clearer theme started to emerge.…
The first four parts of this series explored different layers of the same idea. Part 1. pushed the SolarWinds presentation layer beyond the default widgets. Part 2. focused on monitoring trust. Part 3. turned alert behaviour into operational posture. Part 4. looked at monitoring the monitoring platform itself. For Part 5,…
The first few parts of this series have explored how far SolarWinds dashboards can be pushed beyond the default presentation layer. Part 1 started with the World Tour dashboard. Part 2 moved into the evidence layer with the Observability Lens. Part 3 looked at alert behaviour and turned repeated alert activity into…
Following on from the SolarWinds World Tour dashboard, I wanted to take the same idea in a more operational direction. The first dashboard was intentionally a bit of fun. It was an experiment in how far the SolarWinds presentation layer could be pushed beyond the usual tables, gauges, and standard widgets. This one started…
Following on from the Observability Lens, I wanted to take one part of the evidence layer and explore it in more detail: Alert behaviour. Most alert dashboards answer fairly simple questions: How many alerts are currently active? Which alerts triggered most recently? Which objects are generating the most noise? How has…
One area I’d like to see SolarWinds HCO continue to evolve is how monitoring data is turned into operational context. HCO already collects a huge amount of useful signal across nodes, interfaces, volumes, applications, virtualisation, polling, alerts and availability. For me, the opportunity is not just about a fresher UI…
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