This is a guest post written by Rachel Berry in her role as technical product specialist at eG Innovations, a company known for its cloud-based application performance and IT-infrastructure ...
eG Enterprise is a cloud-based application performance and IT infrastructure monitoring solution developed by eG Innovations. It utilizes AIOps technology to provide a single console for monitoring, diagnosing, and in some cases, automatically rectifying issues within IT infrastructure and applications. This solution is designed to adapt to the evolving needs of organizations as they increasingly rely on automation for deploying and managing applications.
How does automation impact monitoring?
Automation significantly reshapes the monitoring landscape by enabling organizations to deploy monitoring solutions that can automatically adapt to changes in their infrastructure. As applications and resources can be spun up or down rapidly, monitoring tools must be able to track these ephemeral resources without manual intervention. This requires advanced agent technologies and orchestration tools to ensure that monitoring is seamlessly integrated into the deployment process.
What challenges does automated monitoring face?
Automated monitoring faces several challenges, including the need for domain intelligence to accurately assess what constitutes 'normal' behavior in various environments. Without this understanding, monitoring tools may misinterpret data, leading to alert storms or missed issues. Additionally, the rapid scaling down of resources can complicate reporting and tracking, as monitoring systems must differentiate between intentional de-provisioning and actual failures.