Initially, receiving many alerts seems like a good sign.<\/p>\n\n
It means you are monitoring well.<\/p>\n\n
That you have visibility.<\/p>\n\n
That “you won’t miss anything”.<\/p>\n\n
But in practice, the opposite is true.<\/p>\n\n
\ud83d\udc49 when there are too many notifications, you start to see less.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The excess of notifications generates:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 o perating noise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n And the operational noise it causes:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 it’s not lack of information, it’s saturation.<\/p>\n\n In IT it has a clear name:<\/p>\n\n alert fatigue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n It happens when the equipment receives so many alerts that:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 even the important ones<\/p>\n\n There are several common reasons:<\/p>\n\n Poorly defined thresholds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 2. Duplicate alerts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 3. Lack of correlation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 4. Everything is treated as urgent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 equipment cannot prioritize<\/p>\n\n When there are too many notifications, things like:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 and monitoring no longer serves its purpose.<\/p>\n\n Scenario with excessive alerts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n When a critical alert occurs:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 is seen late or not attended in time.<\/p>\n\n Scenario with well-managed alerts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n When a critical alert occurs:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 is attended to immediately<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 less volume, more effectiveness<\/p>\n\n Excessive notifications have a direct impact:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 and all of this impacts the business.<\/p>\n\n Some clear signs:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 if you see this, you have operational noise.<\/p>\n\n Clearly define:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 not everything must be interrupted<\/p>\n\n Instead of multiple alerts for the same problem:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 group them into a single one<\/p>\n\n Review:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 less repetition, more clarity<\/p>\n\n Avoid alerts for:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 more precision<\/p>\n\n Not all alerts should arrive the same.<\/p>\n\n Example:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 the channel also matters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n It is not to have more alerts.<\/p>\n\n It is to have better alerts.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 alerts that generate action<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n Monitoring does not fail when it does not detect.<\/p>\n\n Failure when it detects too much wrong.<\/p>\n\n Because at that point:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 the team no longer trusts what it receives<\/p>\n\n And when that happens:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 operational risk increases<\/p>\n\n When you reduce the noise:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 operation becomes more efficient.<\/p>\n\n Many companies believe they need more monitoring.<\/p>\n\n But in reality they need:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 better alert management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n If today you feel that your team receives a lot of notifications but important incidents are still attended late, the problem is probably not lack of visibility, but too much noise.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 24Cevent<\/a> helps reduce this problem by correlating alerts, prioritizing, automating notifications<\/a> and ensuring that only what is important reaches the team effectively.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the beginning, receiving many alerts seems like a good sign, it means that you are monitoring well, that you have visibility,In simple<\/h1>\n\n
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The phenomenon: alert fatigue<\/h1>\n\n
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Why it occurs<\/h1>\n\n
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What happens in practice<\/h1>\n\n
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A simple example<\/h1>\n\n
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The real impact on metrics<\/h1>\n\n
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How to know if you have this problem<\/h1>\n\n
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How to reduce noise<\/h1>\n\n
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5. Improve the way of notifying<\/h2>\n\n
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The real objective<\/h1>\n\n
What is important in the background<\/h1>\n\n
What changes when you do it right<\/h1>\n\n
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A key point<\/h1>\n\n
\n That “you won’t miss anything”, right?
\nBut in practice, the opposite happens.
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