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How do you monitor the health of your applications?

Survey period: 29 Jun 2020 to 6 Jul 2020

Making sure your hard work stays available to your users is kinda important. Which of these is how you best get the job done?

OptionVotes% 
Using a paid third party application monitoring service30734.89
Using a free third party application monitoring service29633.64
Using a paid monitoring service we host ourselves27731.48
Using a free or open source monitoring service we host ourselves31135.34
Using a system we built in-house42448.18
We just try and keep an eye on it50557.39
We don't monitor our applications41747.39
Other26530.11
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralWe bought little masks for all of them. Pin
Ron Anders2-Jul-20 3:36
Ron Anders2-Jul-20 3:36 
GeneralRe: We bought little masks for all of them. Pin
Fred Kreppert2-Jul-20 4:49
Fred Kreppert2-Jul-20 4:49 
GeneralOther: database log tables Pin
acomputerdog29-Jun-20 4:26
professionalacomputerdog29-Jun-20 4:26 
PraiseRe: Other: database log tables Pin
Slacker00729-Jun-20 5:48
professionalSlacker00729-Jun-20 5:48 
GeneralRe: Other: database log tables Pin
DerekT-P30-Jun-20 3:19
professionalDerekT-P30-Jun-20 3:19 
GeneralRe: Other: database log tables Pin
acomputerdog30-Jun-20 3:30
professionalacomputerdog30-Jun-20 3:30 
GeneralOther Pin
dhaxton29-Jun-20 2:44
dhaxton29-Jun-20 2:44 
GeneralRe: Other Pin
den2k8829-Jun-20 22:12
professionalden2k8829-Jun-20 22:12 
GeneralAll of them? Pin
den2k8829-Jun-20 1:11
professionalden2k8829-Jun-20 1:11 
GeneralSystem Logs Pin
W Balboos, GHB29-Jun-20 0:56
W Balboos, GHB29-Jun-20 0:56 
I have error log files from each of the two system types where my stuff is running. They enumerate every little thing.

Memory allocation failure (not available from the server's memory pool)
SQL Timeout messages (normally, because some user wants everything from forever)
Actual coding errors.

The first is a combination of tweaking the server resources and accepting what the server jocks have allocated for that (what is considered 'critical') application webserver/php instance.
The second gets sent to our DBA - some are fixable, other require killing a user or two
These two are a battle between resources, performance vs stupid.

The last is the goody! It tells you about coding errors that may not show. At this point, were it not for the first two, the error logs would be almost always empty. It's a help with development, too.

The logs are built in, and the prophet, Yogi Berra revealed: "You can see a lot just by looking."

Ravings en masse^
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

Generalmobile phone Pin
Nelek28-Jun-20 23:38
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Greg Utas30-Jun-20 7:38
professionalGreg Utas30-Jun-20 7:38 
GeneralRe: mobile phone Pin
Nelek30-Jun-20 8:35
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GeneralFlailing of Hands Pin
#realJSOP28-Jun-20 23:22
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lucanor28-Jun-20 23:20
lucanor28-Jun-20 23:20 
GeneralWhat, like making sure my applications don't get COVID-19? Pin
Slacker00728-Jun-20 21:48
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Nelek28-Jun-20 23:39
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Daniel Pfeffer29-Jun-20 1:19
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Slacker00729-Jun-20 1:23
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Daniel Pfeffer29-Jun-20 1:48
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Slacker00729-Jun-20 1:57
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MarkTX29-Jun-20 5:57
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Member 1080777530-Jun-20 4:17
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