https://alvex.biz/tags/monitoring/ Recent content in Monitoring on David Brelkov Hugo en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://alvex.biz/posts/server-monitoring/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://alvex.biz/posts/server-monitoring/ <h2 id="why-server-monitoring-matters">Why Server Monitoring Matters</h2> <p>A server that nobody watches is a server waiting to fail. As a developer running my own infrastructure in Ukraine I need to know my server is healthy at all times.</p> <h2 id="what-is-netdata">What Is Netdata?</h2> <p>Netdata is a free open source monitoring tool. It watches your server every second and shows beautiful real time charts of CPU usage, memory, disk space and network traffic.</p> <h2 id="what-i-can-see-now">What I Can See Now</h2> <ul> <li>CPU usage in real time</li> <li>RAM consumption</li> <li>Disk space remaining</li> <li>Network traffic in and out</li> <li>All running processes and services</li> </ul> <h2 id="why-this-is-important">Why This Is Important</h2> <p>As a server operator you need to know immediately if something goes wrong. Netdata gives that peace of mind. Everything is visible in one beautiful dashboard.</p>