Server-Side Monitoring Tools
Explore tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic for real-time server monitoring.
Why Monitor Your Servers?
When you run performance tests, it's not enough to just see if your application responds. You also need to know what's happening behind the scenes on your servers.
Server-side monitoring helps you understand if your servers are struggling under load, or if they have enough resources to handle user traffic.
What is Server Monitoring?
Server-side monitoring involves collecting real-time data from your application servers and infrastructure. This data helps identify bottlenecks and performance issues.
- CPU Usage: Is the processor overworked?
- Memory Usage: Is the server running out of RAM?
- Disk I/O: Are read/write operations slowing things down?
- Network Traffic: Is there too much data moving in or out?
These metrics are crucial for accurate performance analysis.
All lessons in this course
- Server-Side Monitoring Tools
- Analyzing JMeter Results
- Interpreting k6 Metrics
- Correlating Metrics to Find Root Causes