Grafana is an open-source analytics and interactive visualization web application that provides charts, graphs, and alerts when connected to supported data sources. Its primary use cases include:
Infrastructure monitoring: Visualizing server metrics, network performance, and system health
Business intelligence: Creating dashboards for KPIs and business metrics
IoT data visualization: Monitoring sensor data and device performance
Log analysis: Combining with tools like Elasticsearch for log visualization
Grafana acts as a front-end visualization layer that connects to various data sources like Prometheus, InfluxDB, MySQL, and many others to create meaningful dashboards and alerts.
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