From the course: Prometheus and Grafana: Visualizing Application Performance

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Grafana Alerts introduction

Grafana Alerts introduction

- [Instructor] If you are familiar with Prometheus, odds are that you have created and consumed alerts, using alerts manager, but did you know that you could also send alerts using Grafana? Grafana can send real-time alerts, based on your configurations. You can use this to get notified of anomalies, but why do you need alerts? The first is proactive notification. By getting alerts, you ensure that you're aware of potential issues before they impact your users or critical services. This is key in getting and retaining customer trust in your products and services. With real time monitoring, alerts will continuously evaluate your data against predefined conditions so you don't have to constantly watch your dashboards. This saves you a real headache and relieves anxiety when you're on call for a service. Alerts also maintain system reliability. Timely and actionable information will empower you to ensure optimal system health and respond effectively to any adverse conditions. This is…

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