Book description
The book describes data-driven approach to optimal monitoring and alerting in distributed computer systems. It interprets monitoring as a continuous process aimed at extraction of meaning from system's data. The resulting wisdom drives effective maintenance and fast recovery - the bread and butter of web operations.
The content of the book gives a scalable perspective on the following topics:
- anatomy of monitoring and alerting
- conclusive interpretation of time series
- data-driven approach to setting up monitors
- addressing system failures by their impact
- applications of monitoring in automation
- reporting on quality with quantitative means
- and more!
Table of contents
- Effective Monitoring and Alerting
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Monitoring
- 3. Alerting
- 4. At Scale
- 5. Monitoring in System Automation
- 6. The Work Environment
- 7. Measuring Success
- 8. The Principles
- A. Setting Up OpenTSDB
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Effective Monitoring and Alerting
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449333522
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