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Jon Klaus

Jon Klaus

Jon Klaus is  based out of the south of the Netherlands, working with everything from datacenters to operating systems. He specializes in storage, back-up, and server virtualization systems, and will blog about experiences in the field and industry developments. Certified EMCIEe, EMCTAe and EMCCAe on a number of Dell EMC products and constantly trying to find the time to diversify that list. When not tinkering with IT you can find him on a snowboard, motorbike, or practicing a variety of sports.

The Latest Posts Featuring Jon Klaus

The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams

In this article, Kevin Kline introduces The High-Performance DBA webcast series, drawing on insights from our recent State of Database Report to explain why DBA burnout is rising and how teams can move beyond constant reactivity.

April 1, 2026
Database
The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams
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Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
March 27, 2026
Database

Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.

In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.
Growing Beyond Your First Storage System
June 20, 2018
Monitoring and Observability
At some point, your first storage system will be “full.” I’m writing it as “full” because the system might not actually be 100% occupied with data at that exact point…
When is a Storage System Full?
June 18, 2018
Monitoring and Observability
When designing the underlying storage infrastructure for a set of applications, several metrics are important. First, there’s capacity. How much storage do you need? This is a metric that’s well…
Software Updates in the IT Stack: (Not) a Game of Jenga
June 14, 2018
Monitoring and Observability
In my last post, I talked about upgrading storage systems. More specifically, how to determine the right upgrade interval for your storage systems. What the previous post did not cover…
Paving the Road to Your Storage System
June 13, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
A storage system on its own is not useful. Sure, it can store data, but how are you going to put any data on it? Or read back the data…
The Software Arms Race: Do You Even Upgrade?
June 11, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
After you’ve installed your new storage systems and migrated your data onto them, life slows down a bit. Freshly installed systems shouldn’t throw any hardware errors in the first stages…