Observability vs Monitoring: A Practitioner’s View
Observability vs Monitoring: A Practitioner’s View

Observability vs Monitoring: A Practitioner’s View

Author
Shiv Bade
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metrics
logs
tracing
Published
March 12, 2019
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Buzzwords aside, here’s how I see the difference:
  • Monitoring tells you when something’s wrong
  • Observability helps you understand why
We matured from just dashboards to: - Structured logging (JSON + traceIds) - Distributed tracing with Jaeger - SLO-driven alerts
Combined with proactive alert tuning, this let us detect anomalies before user reports came in.