The end users of a system might experience system failures. This can be in the form of either a system failure or a situation where users are not able to perform a certain activity. These kinds of issues are monitored using system logs; if not, the end user would need to provide a detailed information report. Also, sometimes server crash dumps or memory dumps can be immensely helpful. However, in the case of distributed systems, it will be a bit difficult to understand the exact root cause of the failures.
In many scenarios of monitoring, using only one monitoring technique is not effective. It is better to use multiple monitoring techniques and tools for diagnostics. In particular monitoring a distributed ...
