FAQ About Grafana

Grafana supports a wide range of data sources, allowing users to connect to various databases, cloud services, and monitoring systems. Here are some of the commonly supported data sources in Grafana:

• Prometheus: An open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit often used for time-series data and metrics collection.
• InfluxDB: A high-performance, open-source time-series database used for storing and querying time-series data.
• Elasticsearch: A distributed search and analytics engine, commonly used for storing and querying log data.
• Graphite: An open-source software for monitoring and graphing time-series data.
• Microsoft Azure Monitor: A cloud-based monitoring and analytics service for Azure resources and applications.
• MySQL: An open-source relational database management system.
• PostgreSQL: An open-source object-relational database system.
• Amazon CloudWatch: A monitoring and management service for resources in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Google Cloud Monitoring: A monitoring service for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources.
• OpenTSDB: A distributed, scalable time-series database built on HBase.
• Microsoft SQL Server: A relational database management system developed by Microsoft.
• Oracle Database: A relational database management system developed by Oracle Corporation.
• Splunk: A platform for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data, including logs and events.
• DataDog: A monitoring and analytics platform for cloud-scale applications.
• Apache Cassandra: A highly scalable, distributed NoSQL database management system.
• Jenkins: An open-source automation server commonly used for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Zabbix: An open-source monitoring solution for network, server, and application monitoring.
• ServiceNow: An IT service management platform that can be integrated for incident and event management.
• Snowflake: A cloud-based data warehousing platform.
• Microsoft Power BI: A business analytics service for interactive data visualization and reporting.
• MongoDB: A popular open-source NoSQL database.
• New Relic: A monitoring and observability platform for applications and infrastructure.
• Couchbase: A NoSQL database for building scalable, high-performance applications.
• Apache Kafka: A distributed event streaming platform.
• ClickHouse: An open-source columnar database for real-time analytical processing.