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Risk Free Operational Analytics

Gaining real-time visibility into operational activity is crucial for maintaining the stability of complex systems. Spotting a struggling server before it crashes is the heart of proactive support.

At Millersoft, we design and implement monitoring solutions tailored for businesses operating in demanding environments with high log volume. We specialize in integrating log data and performance metrics across on-premises, cloud, and multi-cloud infrastructures—without blowing through your cloud budget.

While platforms like AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and GCP Operations Suite are widely used, they come with a big catch: uncapped costs. Charges can spiral out of control due to runaway logs triggered by minor config changes (remember Log4j?), or inefficient vendor tools scanning every log group and billing you handsomely for it. We've experienced some painful cloud billing nightmares first-hand.

The good news? You can take back control of your bank account.

Millersoft leverages proven open-source tools that give you full operational visibility—with predictable, controllable costs. We can replace expensive cloud-native logging stacks in a matter of days using powerful technologies like Grafana, Perse, Alloy, VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, Sidecar, and Logstash.

No more surprise charges. No more endless support calls trying to recover inexplicable fees. Just a solid, scalable monitoring solution—and maybe even a CFO who’s smiling for a change.

The Open Source Tools We Use & Their Roles​

Tool

Purpose

Grafana/ Percès

Visualization layer for metrics and logs with dashboards & alerts.

Victoria Metrics/ Prometheus

Metrics collection and real-time monitoring.

Loki/ Alloy

Log aggregation system that integrates seamlessly with Grafana.

Logstash

Log pipeline for ingesting, transforming, and routing diverse log data.

Promtail

Log collection agent for sending logs to Loki/Alloy.

Core Operational Analytical Services Provided​

Metrics Monitoring
  • System & application metrics via Prometheus.
  • Long-term retention with VictoriaMetrics.
  • Custom Grafana dashboards for infrastructure, apps, and SLAs.
Centralized Logging
  • Logs collected via Promtail and Logstash.
  • Aggregated, indexed, and queried using Loki.
  • Filtered and visualized in Grafana alongside metrics.
Visualization & Dashboards
  • Custom Grafana dashboards for operations, DevOps, and business metrics.
  • Dashboard automation and templating using Perses (if used).
  • Role-based access and sharing.
Alerting & Incident Response
  • Rule-based alerts on logs and metrics in Grafana.
  • Integrations with Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, email, etc.
  • Proactive performance and anomaly detection.
Flexible Data Pipelines
  • Logstash enables complex routing and transformation.
  • Supports hybrid environments: cloud, on-prem, containers, microservices.

The Business Benefits of the Open Source Approach​

  • Fully open-source = cost-effective and flexible
  • Unified view across metrics and logs
  • Scalable and cloud-native
  • Customizable and automation-friendly