Observability Vs. Monitoring: Why A Developer Needs Both

Observability Vs. Monitoring: Why A Developer Needs Both

Given the complexity of distributing the evolving cloud-based services and infrastructures across a diverse range of users, IT service providers consistently observe and monitor metrics, datasets, and logs. Establishing system reliability and the predictability of backend IT infrastructure operations all spawn from systems observability and monitoring.

Software solutions often deliver a wide range of IT infrastructures and services from distant geographical locations to companies — in the semblance of cloud-based services such as containers and microservices. These services are distributed across multiple layers of infrastructure and platform services.