Monitoring services is a key aspect in keeping track of system resource usage and the application's health. When the service or application is unresponsive or not working as expected, if the system's CPU usage is high or it is taking too long to respond to a request, monitoring helps troubleshoot issues. Application monitoring helps us understand CPU usage and other system resources. The result of the monitoring can be used to make decisions such as scaling services or notifying system administrators so that they can take appropriate actions.
We will discuss some of the popular monitoring tools to analyze a system's CPU and memory.
