Engineer Explains: What is observability in less than 5 mins
What is observability, and how is it different from monitoring?!
There is no shortage of definitions of observability online. In one way or another, all of them say it’s the ability to measure a system’s current state based on data collected from that system to proactively approach troubleshooting or optimize the system. But it’s not a “set and forget” practice and can easily result in multi-million dollar vendor bills.
We’ve asked Eric D. Schabell, Director of Evangelism at Chronosphere, to explain what observability looks like in practice for a junior developer, senior developer, and a CTO.
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