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Application resource monitoring

Tracks application memory and processor use to help investigate slowdowns.

Why it was needed

Technical operators needed a quick way to see whether a business application was consuming more memory or processing capacity than usual.

Infrastructure

What changed

The monitor finds running applications, records regular samples, and presents current and historical trends for capacity planning and incident review.

Key requirements

The monitor runs alongside the applications it observes, so it had to stay small and continue through restarts without becoming another performance problem. Missing samples are visible, historical readings are kept for a configured period, and the raw measurements can be exported when a slowdown needs deeper investigation.

Main features

  1. Track resource use over time
  2. Display operating trends
  3. Export raw samples
  4. Compare application behavior

Result

Made capacity trends visible and shortened performance investigations.
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