Monitoring tools are essential for maintaining system reliability, performance, and security. Here's a breakdown of common categories and their purposes:

📡 Network Monitoring

  • Ping & Traceroute: Diagnose connectivity issues
  • Wireshark: Analyze network traffic
  • Zabbix: Real-time monitoring of servers and networks
  • Network Monitoring

🧱 Server Health

  • Nagios: Monitor server uptime and resources
  • Prometheus: Collect and query metrics
  • Grafana: Visualize monitoring data
  • Server Health

📈 Application Performance

  • New Relic: Track application metrics
  • Datadog: Monitor cloud and on-premises apps
  • Blackbox Exporter: Check service availability
  • Application Performance

🗄️ Database Insights

  • MySQL Enterprise Monitor: Optimize database operations
  • MongoDB Atlas: Monitor cloud databases
  • Redis Insights: Analyze Redis performance
  • Database Insights

For more details on specific tools, visit our monitoring_tools documentation. 🌐🔧