Re:Show HN: Ciao – HTTP checks and tests monitoring
by runlevel1 on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @03:58PM
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To an extent.
A monitoring system that is unreliable risks losing trust. Monitoring systems that aren't trusted tend to be ripped out or ignored.
If it is down too often, people will constantly question whether its silence is an indicator of health.
If it triggers too many false alarms, people will constantly question whether an alarm indicates a real problem. If it gets bad enough, they might start ignoring them.
A monitoring system that is unreliable risks losing trust. Monitoring systems that aren't trusted tend to be ripped out or ignored.
If it is down too often, people will constantly question whether its silence is an indicator of health.
If it triggers too many false alarms, people will constantly question whether an alarm indicates a real problem. If it gets bad enough, they might start ignoring them.