{"id":4225,"date":"2026-03-30T11:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puurdata.nl\/?page_id=4225"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:17:25","slug":"monitoring-and-observability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/puurdata.nl\/uk\/monitoring-observability\/","title":{"rendered":"From monitoring to true observability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From monitoring to true observability<\/h1>\n
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You have monitoring. But do you have an overview?<\/h4>\n

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What is observability?<\/h2>\n
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Observability is the ability to understand what is happening in your IT environment, based on data such as logs, metrics, and events. Unlike traditional monitoring, observability not only provides signals but also insight into causes and correlations.<\/p>\n

Whilst monitoring shows that something is going wrong, observability helps us understand why.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Why monitoring fails<\/h2>\n
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You have set up monitoring. Logs, metrics, and alerts are in place. But do you have an overview?<\/p>\n

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Where the overview is lost<\/h2>\n
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As systems and applications grow, fragmentation occurs:<\/p>\n