Alerting
Alerting within a computer monitoring system is the ability to send notifications when certain metrics fall outside of expected ranges.
For example, you can set up an alert that is triggered when a Droplet’s CPU usage exceeds 90%.
The alerting can be for a certain metric such as:
- CPU: The percentage of total CPU used on the Droplet, out of 100%.
- Bandwidth Inbound: The amount of incoming traffic to the Droplet, in Mbps.
- Bandwidth Outbound: The amount of outgoing traffic from the Droplet, in Mbps.
- Disk Read: The read activity for the Droplet’s disks, in MB/s.
- Disk Write: The write activity for the Droplet’s disks, in MB/s.
- Memory Utilization: The percentage of total memory being used, out of 100%.
- Disk Utilization: The percentage of the root disk storage being used, out of 100%.
You can specify a threshold as a percentage of total available capacity or usage rate depending on the selected metric.
To learn more about how to set up an alert, see How to Set Up Monitoring Alerts.
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