Our order graph went flat at peak because the kernel was dropping StatsD packets

Our storefront has sent its business metrics to StatsD for years. Every order placed increments orders.placed: the client sends a small UDP packet to the StatsD daemon on a metrics host, and the daemon adds the packets up and flushes the totals to Graphite every ten seconds. UDP was the point. The shop never waits for monitoring, and if the... Weiterlesen: Our order graph went flat at peak because the kernel was dropping Sta…