Log Monitoring & Analysis

What is log monitoring and log analysis? Both are crucial parts of log management and related in many capacities, but by definition, the two actually have different core meanings.

Log monitoring is the act of reviewing collected logs as they are recorded. This typically involves the assistance of log management software. Log management software can be configured to listen for specific application-related events, and alert the proper people within a development organization when such an event occurs, among other benefits.

Log analysis, on the other hand, is a process typically performed by developers or other IT folks within an organization for various reasons — often related to troubleshooting issues within a system or application. Collected logs are used to diagnose and resolve issues within an application.

Some benefits of log monitoring include:

• The ability to set up log alerts
• Greater ease in searching log files