Understanding data types and sources – Designing for Logging and Monitoring-2

By default, basic logs and metrics are stored automatically on the platform and you can view up to 30 days of history. These default views also provide basic filtering and monitoring options to get a high-level view of what is happening to your solutions. If you need longer retention of logs or wish to perform …

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Understanding data types and sources – Designing for Logging and Monitoring-1

Monitoring data is largely split into two different types – metrics and logs. Metrics describe an aspect of a system at a particular point in time and are displayed in numerical values. They are capable of supporting near real-time scenarios. Logs are different from metrics. They contain data that is organized into records, with different …

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Understanding logs and storage options – Designing for Logging and Monitoring

In the previous chapter, we explored the options for enabling solutions to be highly available and implementing automatic redundancy to ensure that our systems are always running and healthy. In this chapter, we begin Section 5, Operations and Monitoring, by looking at how we ensure we are always aware of what is happening to our …

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