Why You Need a Centralized Approach to Monitoring

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Monitoring (also sometimes referred to as observability) involves collecting and analyzing data from a source over time to track its health and/or performance. Because change occurs over time, virtually all monitoring data is https://www.influxdata.com/what-is-time-series-data/?utm_source=vendor&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=2023-01_spnsr-ctn_maas_tns, meaning it has a timestamp. So when anyone talks about monitoring data, they’re talking about time series data by default.

For example, some may store monitoring data in a relational database, while others use something more appropriate for this kind of time series data — a time series database.

Leveraging a purpose-built time series platform to handle critical time series data benefits all stakeholders because it simplifies the process of creating value from data.

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