Source: thenewstack.io
DevOps Observability from Code to CloudCategory: Data, Infrastructure
Modern software delivery practices have evolved over time. Things were pretty siloed in the age of waterfall software development; nobody knew what others were doing in the software development life cycle.
While monitoring allows you to track the overall health of an application with metrics such as network traffic, resource utilization, etc., Observability is the inherent system property that provides visibility and awareness of what is happening within the system.
Monitoring is more limited compared to observability, which can reveal why something is happening and presents detailed, actionable insights.
It is good to see so many initiatives and organizations around this that have come forward to make sure the software development journey goes as smoothly as possible.
While monitoring allows you to track the overall health of an application with metrics such as network traffic, resource utilization, etc., Observability is the inherent system property that provides visibility and awareness of what is happening within the system.
Monitoring is more limited compared to observability, which can reveal why something is happening and presents detailed, actionable insights.
It is good to see so many initiatives and organizations around this that have come forward to make sure the software development journey goes as smoothly as possible.
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