How To Pick The Correct Metrics For Your Monitoring

Posted on April 29th, 2025

In a guest post on the Icinga Blog, we try to answer this age old question: How to choose the right metrics for your monitoring when setting it up?

Which metrics really matter, and how do you move from reactive firefighting to proactive maintenance?

In a new blog post written by Adam Sweet from Transitiv Technologies, we explore:

  • How to prioritise which services and applications to monitor first
  • Why base platform metrics like CPU, memory, and disk usage are fundamental
  • How detailed application checks and performance telemetry help you catch problems early
  • The role of time-based monitoring, alerting strategies, and business process modelling

Whether you’re just starting with monitoring or aiming to refine an existing setup, building a thoughtful monitoring strategy can reduce downtime, lower support workloads, and provide real visibility into your infrastructure and applications.

Read the full article here:

https://icinga.com/blog/how-to-pick-the-correct-metrics-for-your-monitoring/