HP flings big data at cloud, sysadmins’ faces

Another attempt at ‘your log files can tell you what’s about to go wrong’

Your log files, the story goes, aren’t just a record of every every stray packet that grazes your firewall or every temperature spike inside your servers when someone uses the microwave in the lunch room. They’re really a treasure trove of hidden indicators that can tell you not just how to stop IT breaking at the worst possible moment, but perhaps also show you how to run your data centre more efficiently.…