Amazon AWS CloudWatch

This week’s module covered some of the cloud monitoring and autoscaling techniques. You were able to use CloudWatch, one of the AWS cloud monitoring tools.

Think about how you might use CloudWatch in your deployment as you answer the following questions.

Pick a resource and data set that CloudWatch monitors and collects. How would the use of CloudWatch make a difference in your cloud maintenance? How will you use the data gathered by CloudWatch?
Will you recommend CloudWatch as an added feature to your cloud deployment? Why or why not?