1 year ago

Google searches for “observability” surged last year and anyone seeking approachable introductions had to scroll past pages of adverts disguised as articles and rehashings of the same dry academic definitions. For an industry term that has been prominent forhttps://thenewstack.io/observability-the-5-year-retrospective/, it’s wild that we are still having 101-level discussions about definitions.

Observability is the extent to which a responder can answer those questions using available data from the detector and their own senses and experiences.

Observability is the degree to which an observer can take in information and ask questions to understand what is happening.

Together, monitoring and observability provide a holistic view of your system that supports the human operator with rich information for effective troubleshooting.