Infrastructure Monitoring

Infrastructure monitoring refers to the practice of tracking, collecting, and analyzing metrics related to the performance and health of infrastructure components like servers, networks, and applications. The goal of infrastructure monitoring is to detect issues and gain insights into how infrastructure is operating so problems can be prevented or addressed promptly.

Effective infrastructure monitoring relies on collecting metrics like CPU and memory usage, network bandwidth, application response times, error rates, and more. These metrics are gathered from sources like server logs, APIs, and monitoring agents. The time-series data is then sent to a centralized monitoring tool where it can be visualized, analyzed for anomalies, and trigger alerts if certain thresholds are exceeded. For example, a spike in application error rates could indicate a problem and trigger an alert to the operations team. Infrastructure monitoring provides the necessary visibility and alerts to minimize downtime and ensure optimal performance. Common infrastructure monitoring tools include Nagios, Datadog, Zabbix, and Prometheus. These tools allow metrics to be tracked, correlated, and acted upon to keep infrastructure and applications running smoothly.