Differences Between Element and Service Instrumentation
A large installed base of element instrumentation already monitors infrastructure elements. These elements include servers, applications, switches, and databases. Monitoring service behavior requires different instrumentation approaches.
Technical managers have always relied on the instrumentation in various infrastructure elements for guidance. The instrumentation supplies management applications with information on element status, resource usage (CPU or bandwidth, for example), and errors. Instrumentation also generates real-time alerts when an element needs immediate attention from the management system. The management application processes the information and may initiate a set of responses ...
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