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carbon-c-relay

A much better carbon-relay, written in C rather than Python. Linking as we’ve been using it in production for quite a while with no problems.

The main reason to build a replacement is performance and configurability. Carbon is single threaded, and sending metrics to multiple consistent-hash clusters requires chaining of relays. This project provides a multithreaded relay which can address multiple targets and clusters for each and every metric based on pattern matches.

(tags: graphite carbon c python ops metrics)

Surveillance of social media not way to fight terrorism – Minister

Blanket surveillance of social media is not the solution to combating terrorism and the rights of the individual to privacy must be protected, Data Protection Minister Dara Murphy said on Monday. [He] said Ireland and the European Union must protect the privacy rights of individuals on social media. “Freedom of expression, freedom of movement, and the protection of privacy are core tenets of the European Union, which must be upheld.”

(tags: dara-murphy data-protection privacy surveillance europe eu ireland social-media)