What are the best data inputs for monitoring performance, usage, and availability of my cloud environment?

[sloshburch]

I want to implement the searches for server & os monitoring published at What are the best practice searches for cloud monitoring?. Are there any best practices or apps and add-ons I can leverage to get better visibility into my cloud deployments?

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