2023年2月23日 · Observability focuses on understanding the internal workings of a system, while monitoring tracks external metrics to detect and alert on anomalies. Organizations are depending more on distributed architectures to provide application services.

Monitoring is the process of collecting data and generating reports on different metrics that define system health. Observability is a more investigative approach. It looks closely at distributed system component interactions and data collected by monitoring to find the root cause of issues.

2022年8月29日 · When it comes to monitoring vs. observability, the difference hinges upon identifying the problems you know will happen and having a way to anticipate the problems that might happen. At its most basic, monitoring is reactive, and observability is proactive.

2024年4月26日 · Think of it this way: monitoring tells you what is happening on the surface (metrics, alerts). Observability helps you answer the why – revealing the internal workings that led to that issue. Why observability matters now. Unlike monitoring, observability is …

2024年9月30日 · Observability vs. Monitoring: What’s the Difference? The difference between observability and monitoring focuses on whether data pulled from an IT system is predetermined or not. Monitoring is a solution that collects and analyzes predetermined data pulled from individual systems.

In modern DevOps, observability and monitoring are two terms often mentioned and sometimes used interchangeably. In many cases, they may seem to be similar concepts, with a blurry line separating them. However, there are clear distinctions between the two.

2022年6月16日 · IT monitoring happens throughout the enterprise IT stack, gathering metrics about system and application performance, network and security updates, and user experiences. What is observability? Observability is a technique often used to assess the health and performance of IT workloads.

While observability and monitoring share the goal of ensuring system reliability, there are significant differences between them: Data Depth: Observability provides a deeper understanding of system behavior by analyzing telemetry data comprehensively, while monitoring typically focuses on predefined metrics and thresholds.