The Baseline Tool now ships with the latest versions of opCharts for NMIS8 and NMIS9.

Why we need a Dynamic Baseline and Thresholding Tool

Forewarned is forearmed the poverb goes, a quick google tells me "prior knowledge of possible dangers or problems gives one a tactical advantage".  The reason we want to baseline and threshold our data is so that we can receive alerts forewarning us of issues in our environment, so that we can act to resolve smaller issues before they become bigger.  Being proactive increases our Mean Time Between Failure.

If you are interested in accessing the Dynamic Baseline and Thresholding Tool, please Contact Usit is included with the latest versions of opCharts.

Types of Metrics

When analysing time series data you quickly start to identify a common trend in what you are seeing, you will find some metrics you are monitoring will be "stable" that is they will have very repeated patterns and change in a similar way over time, while other metrics will be more chaotic, with a discernible pattern difficult to identify.

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