This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-monitoring-a-distributed-database-more-complex-than-you-might-expect. Why is monitoring a distributed database more complex than you might expect Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-science. You can also check exclusive content about #distributed-databases, #opentelemetry, #monitor-distributed-databases, #apache-ignite, #monitoring-systems, #database-monitoring-challenges, #data-acquisition-models, #push-vs-pull-acquisition, and more. This story was written by: @ingvard. Learn more about this writer by checking @ingvard's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. In this article, we will dive into the complexities of monitoring distributed databases from the perspective of a monitoring system developer. I will try to cover the following topics: managing multiple nodes, network restrictions, and issues related to high throughput caused by a large number of metrics.